Traders hurl shoes at Bhupinder Hooda in Rohtak

23 February, Rohtak

Angry traders hurled shoes at Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda when he reached his home town this evening.

Hooda was accompanied by his son and Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda and some other senior party leaders when the incident took place just 50 meters from his house here.

The traders also raised anti-Congress and ‘Hooda Go Back’ slogans. They hurled shoes at Hooda when he came out of his vehicle to express his sympathy with them.

Following the incident, the district authorities deployed heavy police force to provide security cover to Hooda.

The Congress leader sat on a fast along with other Congress leaders at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday and returned to his home town this evening.
Earlier in the morning, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was heckled by angry crowd and his vehicle was gheraoed in the town. The protesters also showed black flags to Khattar and raised anti-Haryana Police slogans to lodge their protest.

Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala was also greeted with ‘go back’ slogans by the crowd when he alongwith Minister of state Naib Saini and MLA Kulwant Bajigar visited Kaithal town to review the situation after the Jat agitation on reservation