My idealism let me down: Shah Faesal ahead of returning to IAS

Story by  ATV | Posted by  sabir hussain • 1 Years ago
Shah Faesal
Shah Faesal

 

Srinagar

Shah Faesal, the Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS officer who resigned from service, is going to return to work after his resignation was declined by the Centre.

Faesal, who had decided to form his own political party after resigning from service on January 9, 2019, became disgruntled with politics and later stepped out of it by giving up his position in the J&K People's Movement.

He formed the J&K People's Movement on February 4, 2019, but resigned from politics on August 10, 2020.

Faesal took to Twitter to say he never lost hope during the turbulent phase of his life although his idealism let him down.

“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 tweeted.

In another tweet he wrote, But I had faith in myself. That I would undo the mistakes I had made. That life would give me another chance. A part of me is exhausted with the memory of those 8 months and wants to erase that legacy. Much of it is already gone. Time will mop off the rest In believe.

He stood first in the 2010 Civil Services exam and was allotted home cadre. He has served in different positions during his service period.

Faesal had become an icon for civil service aspirants who seemed to lose their motivation after his resignation from a brilliant career.