<p>Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who resigned from the service earlier this year, will launch his own party “Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement” at a function in Srinagar on Sunday.</p>.<p>According to the invitation card circulated on social media, the function will be held at ‘Gindun Ground’ in posh Rajbagh area of the city at 11 am.</p>.<p>The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on January 9 this year to protest “unabated killings, absence of credible political initiative from Delhi,” and “rise of Hindutva forces.”</p>.<p>He had also lashed out at the Centre, accusing it of subverting public institutions like Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).</p>.<p>His outspokenness on social media and criticism of the government from the last two years led to several run-ins with the Centre. On April 22 last year, Faesal took to Twitter to share his thoughts on rape culture in India.</p>.<p>“Patriarchy+Population+Illiteracy+Alcohol+Porn+Technology+Anarchy = Rapistan! (sic),” he tweeted.</p>.<p>After a show cause notice from the Center, the outspoken bureaucrat wrote another post: "The irony here is that service rules with a colonial spirit are invoked in a democratic India to stifle the freedom of conscience.”</p>.<p>Earlier in March 2017, Faesal, who comes from a remote village of frontier northern Kupwara district, made sarcastic remarks on government jobs and also on the political situation in the Valley. He called a government job “slavery of mind, eyes, tongue, hands and feet.”</p>.<p>Since resigning from the service, the former bureaucrat has been interacting with young achievers with an aim of getting them to support his initiative for "corruption-free, clean and transparent" politics in the state.</p>
<p>Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who resigned from the service earlier this year, will launch his own party “Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement” at a function in Srinagar on Sunday.</p>.<p>According to the invitation card circulated on social media, the function will be held at ‘Gindun Ground’ in posh Rajbagh area of the city at 11 am.</p>.<p>The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on January 9 this year to protest “unabated killings, absence of credible political initiative from Delhi,” and “rise of Hindutva forces.”</p>.<p>He had also lashed out at the Centre, accusing it of subverting public institutions like Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).</p>.<p>His outspokenness on social media and criticism of the government from the last two years led to several run-ins with the Centre. On April 22 last year, Faesal took to Twitter to share his thoughts on rape culture in India.</p>.<p>“Patriarchy+Population+Illiteracy+Alcohol+Porn+Technology+Anarchy = Rapistan! (sic),” he tweeted.</p>.<p>After a show cause notice from the Center, the outspoken bureaucrat wrote another post: "The irony here is that service rules with a colonial spirit are invoked in a democratic India to stifle the freedom of conscience.”</p>.<p>Earlier in March 2017, Faesal, who comes from a remote village of frontier northern Kupwara district, made sarcastic remarks on government jobs and also on the political situation in the Valley. He called a government job “slavery of mind, eyes, tongue, hands and feet.”</p>.<p>Since resigning from the service, the former bureaucrat has been interacting with young achievers with an aim of getting them to support his initiative for "corruption-free, clean and transparent" politics in the state.</p>