Tamil Nadu: Former IAS officer Sasikanth Senthil joins Congress
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Up to date: November 9, 2020 4:11:50 pm
Senthil final served because the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District in Karnataka.
Former IAS officer Sasikanth Senthil, who had resigned final 12 months alleging that “elementary development blocks of democracy are being compromised”, joined Tamil Nadu Congress Monday within the presence of state Congress Committee chief KS Alagiri and AICC common secretary Dinesh Gundu Rao. Sasikanth stated he has all the time labored for the welfare of the folks and can proceed to take action.
On Sunday, Sasikanth posted a be aware on Twitter confirming that he has made up our minds to sign up for the Congress party. In his be aware, Sasikanth discussed that he made up our minds to go away the civil carrier in “seek of a way to stem the totalitarian assault at the nation he dearly loves.” He added that when his resignation, he met many of us, participated in lots of protests, made contributions to the CAA/NRC motion which proved to him that folks within the nation are able to face for one any other.
Thiru @s_kanth joined @INCIndia in presence of TNCC Incharge @dineshgrao PCC President @KS_Alagiri in Sathyamurthy Bhavan these days.
We entire heartedly welcome Thiru Sasi Kanth Senthil IAS to our Congress circle of relatives. #WelcomeSasiKanth @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi @kcvenugopalmp pic.twitter.com/2hDYCZUK9b
— Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (@INCTamilNadu) November 9, 2020
The 2009 batch officer, Senthil final served because the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District in Karnataka. After resigning from the civil services and products in 2019, the 40-year-old Senthil had alleged that it’ll be “unethical” for him to proceed as a “civil servant within the executive when the basic development blocks of our numerous democracy are being compromised in an unparalleled method.”
Senthil stated he’s going to stand with the folks of Tamil Nadu until his final breath to offer protection to the core values of the state. ”I strongly consider that the Tamil folks have all the time believed in social fairness and can sacrifice the rest to peer their kids in faculties reasonably than to peer them within the streets collaborating in communal riots,” he stated.
I want to tell all that I’ve made up our minds to sign up for the Congress party in my effort to proceed the combat. I’ve been an activist looking to be a voice for the fewer privileged throughout my existence, anywhere I used to be and would proceed the similar till my final breath. pic.twitter.com/na3fMn4ueM
— sashikanth senthil (@s_kanth) November 8, 2020
Senthil’s access into Tamil Nadu politics comes a couple of months after former IPS officer Okay Annamalai joined the BJP. Annamalai, who was once appointed because the vice-president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the saffron party is more likely to contest within the 2021 meeting polls.
