Women Legislators Pulling Bhupinder Singh Hooda's Tractor Draws NCW Chief Rekha Sharma’s Ire

Chief of the National Commission for Women (NCW) on March 11 criticised Bhupinder Singh Hooda days after women legislators of the Congress pulled a tractor being driven by the Congress leader during a protest on rising prices of fuel. Rekha Sharma said that the incident lowers the dignity of women & the person sitting on the tractor. Sharma said that if the commission receives a complaint, it will take action. "Even if we don't get a complaint, it's condemnable," the NCW chief said. Hooda, a former chief minister of the state, sat in the driver's seat of the tractor as Congress legislators pulled it with ropes on the way to the state assembly on March 8. A day later, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said it pained him when he saw Hooda riding a tractor being pulled by women legislators. While referring to the Congress’ protest against rising fuel prices in the state assembly, Khattar said he could not sleep at all.