VERY GLAD THAT BJP IS DYING A SLOW DEATH!

I am not a psychopath to celebrate the suffering of others. But, day after day, when I hear news about the downfall of BJP and its leaders, unconsciously, I get great joy!

This is not without reason:

My childhood ambition to get into the IAS was spoiled by the anti-youth policies of the BJP Government. The moment Vajpayee came to power, the Government announced down-sizing measures and recruitment to the civil services got a severe beating.

The normal vacancy range of 800 was brought down to 300 or so. For 'Open Competition' category to which i belong, only 50 per cent of the 300-odd were available. As the selection to civil services is based on the number of vacancies every year, I lost despite scoring reasonably good marks.

Now, the Congress Government has restored the number of vacancies to 800+ and those who had secured far less than I did in 2001, have become proud civil servants. Until I exhausted my maximum limit of four attempts, BJP was in power and my ambitions were buried.

Had the Government achieved anything worthwhile for the Nation through the downsizing policy, I would not have felt sorry on losing the appointment to Civil Services. This policy did not help shape the economy anyway; nor did the BJP prevent the lavish spending on other heads and accounts. Their actions were far from austerity - not even the level of austerity "practiced" by the present UPA Ministry. They just spoiled the career of thousands like me.

Not only me, but thousands of aspirants belonging to all communities had to suffer due to BJP's policies. Only if the Congress tries to make up for the wrongs committed by the BJP (by increasing the number of attempts to different categories (OC from 4 to 9, BC from 7 to 9 and SC/ST no limit) and age-limit (OC from 30 to 35, BC from 33 to 38, SC/ST from 35 to 40)), we will get justice. But, I know, this is a wild dream!!

So, when I hear the news about the fall of BJP, my mind becomes happy. Cruel, it may sound, but I cant help. The party is dying a slow-death and I wish to see it disappearing from National Scene soon!