Child rights panel writes to Chandigarh DC for FIR against Hooda, other Cong leaders

Tribune News Service  

Chandigarh, August 21  

Chairperson of Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Jyoti Bainda, on Saturday wrote to the Chandigarh DC for registration of FIR against Congress leaders, including former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, for using a child in their march on August 20. 

Hooda had led a march of MLAs from High Court chowk to Vidhan Sabha on variety of issues, including paper leak scams and fuel price hike.   

“In the said protest, the leaders of the Indian National Congress — Shakuntla Khatak, Kuldeep Vats acting on the behest of Bhupinder SIngh Hooda are seen using a minor in their protest and in a video it could be seen when the child who is a student of class 3 was asked about the reason of the protest he had no answer to it which shows the child was involved in the protest without his will and forcefully. The act of the leaders of the Haryana Congress party i.e. Shakuntla Khatak, Kuldeep Vats acting on the behest of Bhupinder Singh Hooda is a sheer violation of the child rights…,” wrote Bainda to DC.  

Bainda has taken a suo motu congnisance of the incident too.