Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who resigned in 2019 protesting the curbs on free expression in Jammu and Kashmir, joined the Congress on Monday, saying only the party can steer India in the right direction amid rising attacks on democratic voices

New Delhi: Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who quit the services in 2019 over “denial of freedom of expression” to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, joined the Congress on Monday and said he realised that only the grand old party can take the country in the right direction.

Gopinathan joined the party in the presence of Congress general secretary K C Venugopal, AICC media and publicity department head Pawan Khera, and party leaders Kanhaiya Kumar, Jignesh Mewani, and IAS officer-turned-politician Sasikanth Senthil.

“One of the brav

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