Former IAS officer Sasikanth Senthil to join Congress on Monday

Former IAS officer, S. Sasikanth Senthil, who give up the civil companies final 12 months, citing a “totalitarian attack on the country” will join the Congress on Monday.

Mr. Senthil, who was additionally on the forefront of the CAA-NRC protests, mentioned the time has come for individuals in India, together with political events, to put apart their minor variations and combat for the bigger reason behind defending democracy and combat the majoritarian spirit that was already dividing individuals.

“It is time that a political solution needs to be found against majoritarianism in the interests of everybody in the country. Even among political parties, small differences have to be put aside,” Mr. Senthil instructed The Puucho.

The 2009 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer who resigned from service when he was deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada mentioned he was becoming a member of the Congress because the celebration understands the challenges of the twenty first century and stands for the founding ideologies of the Constitution of India.

Mr. Senthil’s choice to join the Congress additionally got here after interactions with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. “Rahul Gandhi thinks about issues from the lens of the people of the country. I have had interactions with him, though we haven’t been able to meet in person due to COVID-19,” Mr. Senthil mentioned.

“The time has come for people to unify. This is not the time to harp on differences. We have new challenges and we need to find new solutions. The Congress understands these challenges and is ready for them”.

In a letter posted on his Twitter account, Mr. Senthil said the country has come a long way since he resigned in September 2019 protesting against the totalitarian attack on the country. “Many of those, who were complacent and surprised at that time, have now started understanding that India is under the attack of an anti-democratic, anti-pluralistic system in power which poses a threat to the very spirit of the country putting all of us and our children in great danger,” he mentioned.

He mentioned over the past one 12 months, he had the chance to journey to many locations, take part in numerous protests, work together with younger and brave college students and stand hand in hand with individuals who had nothing however love of their hearts.

“I was able to contribute my bit to the great anti-NRC/CAA movement which proved to me that people in this country are ready to stand for one another,” he mentioned within the letter.

Campaign for TN Assembly Polls

Mr. Senthil will marketing campaign for the Congress in the course of the upcoming Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu. “Tamil Nadu is the final frontier of these divisive forces and I have a responsibility to help in the fight against this. I strongly believe that the Tamil Nadu people have always believed in social equity and will sacrifice anything to see their children in schools rather than in the streets participating in communal riots,” Mr. Senthil mentioned.

He mentioned he will likely be travelling throughout the nation following the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and can stay an activist at coronary heart, and take a look at to take the message of combating vested pursuits and divisive forces within the nation.

When requested about former IPS officer Annamalai becoming a member of the BJP, Mr. Senthil mentioned: “Yes, he is a good friend and was a probationer under me. I did not know this side of him. We are in an ideological battle”.