He pointed out that Bihar Home Minister Samrat Choudhary has stated that anyone who pulls a woman’s dupatta in public would not be spared, and asked whether the police had taken cognisance of the chief minister’s hijab-related incident.
JMM leader termed the incident a shameful act and questioned if a person with such mental condition should continue to serve as the Bihar CM.
Terming the incident “sad and unfortunate,” Mayawati said the issue is directly related to women’s safety and dignity and should have been resolved long ago through the Chief Minister’s direct intervention.
During the distribution of appointment letters to AYUSH doctors on 15 December, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had pulled down the hijab (veil) from the face of Dr. Nusrat Parveen.
Government Tibbi College Principal Prof (Dr) Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman said that Dr Nusrat Parveen had spoken to her friend Bilkis and conveyed that the issue was being unnecessarily dragged out.
In a viral video Nitish is seen pulling the veil of the doctor while handing her the appointment letter at a function.
Speaking to the media in Thrissur, Surendran said that Education Minister Sivankutty is making baseless claims for the sake of vote-bank politics.
In a statement issued yesterday, the OIC expressed deep concern over recent public calls against Muslims at a meeting in Haridwar and the hijab controversy in Karnataka.
The city streets echoed with slogans of ‘my hijab, my choice’ and 'stand united with hijab' as several citizens marched from various parts of Kolkata protesting against the ‘hijab’ row.
