Not able to republish the app

After the Nov 17th update , we are not able to republish the app. From the version history of the app i do see a status as Rejected twice. Please do check the screenshot attached. So just to try i changed the App to Private and i am not able to revert back the app to public.
1. Is there a way to revert the app back to public?
2. Even after i made the app private, why do i see "You have apps that are no longer active and need to be re-published." message on screen.

This app was working fine without any issue before the Nov 17th Update.