A young bureaucrat, Kannan Gopinathan (IAS: 2012: AGMUT), rues being unable to contest Assembly elections in Kerala by accusing the central government of deliberately refusing to process his resignation for the last six and a half years. Gopinathan resigned from the elite service over denial of freedom of expression to the people of Kashmir in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370, which accorded special status to J&K.
Gopinathan took to social media handle X to shoot off a letter directly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dubbing his plight “pure harassment.”
He has shared his plight in his post, saying, “Your government has refused to process my resignation for 6.5 years. No salary and no release. This has stopped me from professionally moving on. This is pure harassment and nothing else.”
Gopinathan joined the Congress Party in October last year.
He says that he refrained from raising the matter earlier as he was aware of the hardships millions of Indians face under the NDA government.
He made a pointed attack at the ongoing delay in his release from the service. He tells the PM that denying him his right to resign and take part in the democratic process is pathetic and petty and asks him to stop this pettiness. He accuses the Centre of being lethargic and urges him to direct his govt to process his resignation immediately.
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