Overview
- Footage from an AYUSH appointment-letter ceremony at Samvad shows Nitish Kumar pulling down the veil of recruit Nusrat Parveen.
- RJD posted the video that quickly went viral, with Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary seen trying to restrain Kumar as some officials appeared to laugh.
- Congress condemned the act as vile and urged Kumar to step down, while RJD questioned his mental fitness.
- JD(U) defended the chief minister by urging context and citing his record on women’s and minority welfare, according to party spokespeople.
- The CMO said 1,283 AYUSH doctors were hired and only 10 received letters on stage; The New Indian Express and Times Now said they could not independently verify the video.