It has been a year since former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan quit the elite service in protest against the restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir after the scrapping of Article 370. A 2012-batch officer, Gopinathan resigned as Secretary, power department of the Union Territories of Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli. In an interview with Outlook, Gopinathan says that he has no intention to rejoin government service and that he will continue to fight for citizen’s rights. Excerpts: