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Nitish hijab row: AYUSH doctor will join duty in Bihar on Dec. 20, says official

December 19, 2025

Published - December 19, 2025 05:11 pm IST - Patna A video, shot at the function where Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was distributing appointment letters to AYUSH doctors, showed Mr. Kumar pointing towards the woman’s head scarf and then suddenly pulling it down. Credit: Screenshot from X/@RJDforIndia Amid rumours that a doctor has declined a government job in Bihar after her ‘naqab’ (veil) was removed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a programme in Patna, an official concerned on Friday (December 19, 2025) claimed that she will join duty.

Nitish hijab row: AYUSH doctor will join duty in Bihar on Dec. 20, says official

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Mahfoozur Rahman, principal of the Government Tibbi College and Hospital in Patna, told PTI that AYUSH doctor Nusrat Parveen’s family has confirmed that she will join duty on Saturday (December 20).
"I spoke to Parveen's husband, relatives and her classmates.
They told me that she would join duty on December 20.
She has to first join the Government Tibbi College and Hospital, and later she will be shifted to her place of posting.

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Nitish hijab row: AYUSH doctor will join duty in Bihar on Dec. 20, says official

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Nitish hijab row: AYUSH doctor will join duty in Bihar on Dec. 20, says official

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