Connected topological group $G$ with discrete normal subgroup $H$. Prove that $\pi_1(G/H)$ is commutative.

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I'm trying to prove the second part of exercise 4.6 of Greenberg and Harper. So far, I have proved that $H$ is central.

I thought of using the fact that in this situation $G/H$ is locally isomorphic to $G$ but I am stuck on how to proceed so some hints or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Note that the fundamental group of a a topological group is abelian (presumably in G&H, if not, easy to prove by explicit homotopy).

Now, prove that $G/H$ is a topological group.