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Speculations Of Shah Faesal's Comeback To Civil Services Rife After Govt Says He Has A 'Change Of Heart'

This year in January, Faesal broke his long silence and praised the government's vaccination drive.

The government on Saturday said that the IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal has a 바카라change of heart바카라 about the political developments that took place in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370. The government바카라s comment hints at the possibility of Faesal joining the services again.

바카라We need not to go into this or waste our mental faculties on it. The thing is there is a change of heart,바카라 Minister of State, Department of Personnel and Training, Jitendra Singh said in response to a question about Shah Faesal and his pro-government stand and tweets.

During a press conference at Jammu, Singh was questioned about Shah Faesal바카라s statements after the revocation of Article 370 that were construed as anti-nation and his recent tweets praising the government.

Asked whether it is his 바카라genuine change of heart or the government is bringing him back to the services through the backdoor,바카라 Singh said, 바카라The thing is there is a change of heart.바카라  

바카라When heart transplant is done you don바카라t say whether it was achieved through general anesthesia or local anesthesia. You say heart has been transplanted. Heart transplant has happened,바카라 Singh said with a smirk on his face.  

On August 5, 2019, when Article 370 was abrogated amid communication blockade and mass arrests in Jammu and Kashmir were taking place, Faesal had expressed his resentment against the move. He was arrested on August 14, 2019, after his interview with the BBC in which he had said, 바카라The abrogation of Article 370 has finished the mainstream. Constitutionalists are gone. So you can either be a stooge or a separatist now. No shades of grey.바카라

In 2018, Faesal got enrolled in the Mid-Career Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) as a Fulbright Scholar. Later on his return to Jammu and Kashmir, he quit civil services and launched a political party, Jammu Kashmir People바카라s Movement (JKPM) in January 2019. The government didn바카라t accept his resignation though. Former governor Satya Pal Malik had appealed to him to return to the services.

In August 2019, he was arrested from Delhi airport when he was on his way to HKS to complete the last semester of his MPA program. He was detained in Jammu and Kashmir under the Public Safety Law (PSA). The BBC interview is cited as one of the main reasons behind his arrest.

In August last year, after his release, Faesal stepped down from the chairmanship of his party saying he is not in a position to continue with political activities and wants to be freed from the responsibilities of the organization. Since then, he is trying to get back into the services.

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This year in January, Faesal broke his long silence and praised the government. Posting on microblogging site Twitter about vaccination program, Faesal wrote, 바카라This is more than just a vaccination program. It바카라s good governance + human capital formation + nation building + India assuming global leadership as a Jagat Guru.바카라 

In response to a tweet about whether he regrets his BBC interview, Faesal recently tweeted, 바카라Oh Yes. One would have to be far more careful with words when talking about India바카라s internal matters to a global audience.바카라

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