India, Oct. 13 -- Kannan Gopinathan, who resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2019 as a mark of protest against the Union government's decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, joined the Congress party on Monday.

Gopinathan, a native of Kerala, was welcomed into the party by Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal and media wing chairman Pawan Khera at the party headquarters in Delhi.

Venugopal termed Gopinathan a "brave bureaucrat who is passionate about the lives of the downtrodden and marginalised people of the country".

"His joining of the Congress is a clear proof that our party is the only one fighting for justice in India. Bureaucrats these days, who are fig...