End of days at the Bhojana Bhavan

September 01, 2014 19:09

At least 185 employees of the Planning Commission on Monday circulated the Congress and Left parties' reactions on the end of the Planning Commission. They were enthused by the negative stories in media and went to the extent of copy-pasting the media reports on their notice boards and in the elevators.

The reason is well known. Yojana Bhavan was once called as the Bhojana Bhavan -- a metaphor for officials who were fattened just pushing files.

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