Nitish Kumar Condemned Over Video Pulling Down Woman’s Veil at Patna Event

Overview

• - The clip, shared by opposition accounts, shows the Bihar chief minister lowering the face veil of AYUSH recruit Nusrat Parveen during an appointment-letter ceremony at Samvad in Patna.
• - The event distributed 1,283 appointments across Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani, and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary is seen trying to restrain Kumar as officials look on.
• - Congress and the RJD demanded Kumar’s resignation and questioned his fitness for office, calling the act vile and publicly humiliating.
• - Amnesty International India called the act an assault on dignity and urged accountability, while JD(U) and allied voices argued it was a stray moment or born of misplaced affection.
• - Fresh calls for an apology came from leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, even as multiple newsrooms stated they could not independently verify the video in full.