Just days after IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan’s resignation, Deputy Commissioner of Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district Sasikant Senthil has also tendered his resignation from the IAS.
In a statement, he said that it was “unethical” for him to continue as a civil servant when the “fundamental building blocks of our diverse democracy are being compromised in an unprecedented manner”, according to The News Minute.
The coming days, he said, will present “extremely difficult challenges to the basic fabric of our nation and that I would be better off outside the IAS to continue with my work at making life better for all”.
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He assumed charge as Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district in June 2017, according to The Hindu.
In August, Gopinathan, who was the secretary, power department of the Union Territories of Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, had submitted resignation to the Home Ministry. He had cited denial of “freedom of expression” to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that more than the scrapping of special status under Article 370 “the lack of response” to it was more upsetting to him, PTI reported. The Kerala-born Gopinathan had been asked by the government to resume duty and continue to work till his resignation was accepted.
(With PTI inputs)