Recently, India Parliament's lower house or Lok Sabha had witnessed an uproar when a male MP made a remark, saying he enjoyed 'gazing' at a female lawmaker. On Thursday (12 September), a woman parliamentarian and leader of a regional political party faced harassment on a train in India's economic capital, Mumbai.
Supriya Sule, a member of the Lok Sabha and leader of the regional Nationalist Congress Party, took to Twitter to share her experience at Dadar Railway Station in Mumbai.
Sule said, a taxi tout entered the train, harassed her and “shamelessly even posed for a photo” with her. The Parliamentarian took up the matter with the Railway Protection Force, the special force of Indian Railways, and the trouble-maker was later arrested.
“If touting is permitted under the law, then it cannot and should not be permitted at train stations or airports and only at designated taxi stands,” Sule said.
An Indian Railways Public Relations Officer later said, the accused, named Kuljit Singh Malhotra, was a repeat offender and has been arrested.
Supriya Sule is the daughter of the former Defence Minister and President of Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar. Sule represents Baramati Constituency in the Lok Sabha.