"In a video that soon went viral on social media, Kumar, holding an official document in hand and flanked by a few other officials, points to what the doctor was wearing and asks her to remove it. Before she could react, Kumar stretches his hand and pulls her hijab down, exposing her face, before a minister standing next to him could stop him, while others present on stage laugh."
"What has happened to Nitish ji [ji is an honorific in Hindi]? Has his mental condition completely deteriorated, or has Nitish Babu' [another Hindi honorific] now become 100 percent Sanghi? the RJD asked in its post. Sanghi refers to a person affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a 100-year-old secretive far-right organisation that aims to turn a constitutionally secular India into an ethnic Hindu state."
Nitish Kumar forcibly removed the hijab of a Muslim woman as she was handed an appointment letter as a doctor of alternative medicine at a government ceremony in Patna, exposing her face. A viral video shows Kumar pointing to her attire, asking her to remove it, then stretching his hand to pull the veil down while officials laugh and a nearby minister fails to stop him. Kumar, 74, has been Bihar's chief minister for most of two decades and is a close ally of the BJP; their alliance recently won the state election. The RJD shared the video and criticized him, questioning his alignment with the RSS and calling him 'Sanghi'.
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