Overview
- The incident occurred at Samvad in Patna during a ceremony issuing 1,283 appointment letters to AYUSH recruits, according to the Chief Minister’s Office.
- The woman in the footage has been identified in reports as Nusrat Parveen, who approached the stage to receive her letter with her face covered by a hijab.
- Video descriptions from multiple outlets note Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary appeared to try to restrain Kumar as an official moved the appointee aside.
- Congress and the RJD called the act vile and demanded Kumar’s resignation, with RJD figures also questioning his fitness to govern.
- Some outlets stated they could not independently verify the clip’s full provenance, while a JD(U) spokesperson urged focusing on Kumar’s record and called it a stray visual.