Shah Faesal rejoins Govt services after quitting as IAS officer over intolerance; 'I would undo my mistakes'

Former IAS officer Shah Faesal has rejoined the government services after quitting his post in 2019 citing rising intolerance in the country and floating a political party. As per reports, Shah Faesal's resignation was not accepted by the government and therefore he has rejoined the services. Furthermore, Shah Faesal's services have been kept at the disposal of the J-K's general administration department and he is awaiting the orders of posting. 

Shah Faesal, who was the first UPSC topper from Jammu and Kashmir, had on Wednesday shared a cryptic tweet dropping a hint over his return to the government services. In a series of tweets, Shah Faesal had spoke about his idealism letting him down in 2019 when he resigned from the government service to join politics.

Shah Faesal government service report comes after he expressed his sorrow and mistakes in a series of tweet and stated that he will rejoin the services. "8 months of my life (Jan 2019-Aug 2019) created so much baggage that I was almost finished. While chasing a chimera, I lost almost everything that I had built over the years. Job. Friends. Reputation. Public goodwill. But I never lost hope. My idealism had let me down," he wrote.

"Just thought of sharing that life is beautiful. It is always worth giving ourselves another chance. Setbacks make us stronger.  And there is an amazing world beyond the shadows of the past. I turn 39 next month. And I'm really excited to start all over again," he tweeted.

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It is pertinent to mention here that after quitting in January 2019, Shah Faesal in March floated his own political party  named Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement and had plans to contest the assembly elections which were to be held. He was also arrested in the wake of the Abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into union territories on August 5, 2019. However, after his release, Faesal gave up on politics and started dropping hints of making a coming back to the government service.

Faesal has been an ardent supporter, on social media, of the present BJP government's policies. He has been often sharing speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on his Twitter handle.