Sushma takes aim: Wipe out Cong like Harsh Vardhan wiped out polio

After releasing the book on Tuesday,Sushma praised Harsh Vardhan and recalled his contribution to the polio eradication programme while urging workers to help him in “eradicating the Congress like Harsh Vardhan eradicated polio” in the coming elections.

Taking a dig at Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit,the Leader of the Opposition said that rise in the prices of onions was a case of “divine justice” and it would lead to the downfall of the Congress. “When onion prices soared,Dikshit used to wear garlands of onions to campaign against me. Our government was ousted and now the time has come for the downfall of the Congress. The same onions will take the government down… not just onions,the prices of vegetables are also going up,” Sushma said.

Attacking Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that the Muzaffarnagar riot victims were approached by Intelligence agencies,she said that Rahul should have talked about violence in UP and,before that,his party should talk about the 1984 riots. “The Congress should have thought about using the word ‘communal’. They cannot win elections by using such words,” she said.

“Harsh Vardhan has asked me to hold 100 meetings before the elections,to which I have agreed,” she said.

Speaking at his book launch,Harsh Vardhan said as per World Health Organisation’s rules,a country should have zero cases of polio for full three years to be eligible for polio-free certification.

“On January 13,2014,India is expected to join the proud community of nations which have made polio history. We witnessed a polio case in January 2011 but I’m glad that we will be a polio-free country soon,” the BJP’s CM candidate said.