New Delhi: Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who resigned from service in 2019 as a mark of protest against the “shutdown” of Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370, joined Congress on Monday.

Kannan Gopinathan joined the party in the presence of Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal and party leader Pawan Khera.

Kannan Gopinathan reasoned that his decision to join the party came after he realised that Congress could make the right decision. Show Full Article

“I resigned (as an officer) in 2019. One thing was clear at that time: the direction in which the Government wants to take the country is not right. It was clear that I had to fight against the wrong…I travelled across 80-90 districts and spoke with the people; I met several leaders. Then

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