PDP leader Iltija Mufti files police complaint against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for Hijab controversy

Earlier, PDP women workers led by Iltija staged a protest at party headquarters against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.Speaking to reporters, she said, “Instead of the Bihar CM apologising for his act, the BJP ministers are issuing vulgar statements.”Union Minister Giriraj Singh while defending Bihar CM over pulling down a Muslim doctor’s veil at an official function, had said Kumar had done “nothing wrong” and that it was the woman’s choice to refuse the job or “go to hell.”Slamming the Union minister for his statement, the PDP leader warned, “If you touch the hijab and veil of our women, you please remain ready for the consequences.”“Instead of being apologetic, JDU and BJP is trying to justify what he did and it is totally wrong and criminal,” she added.The J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, former CM Mehbooba Mufti and other J&K leaders have slammed the Bihar CM for pulling down the veil of a Muslim doctor and asked him to apologise and step down.While addressing the Friday congregation at historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar, Hurriyat leader and cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also strongly condemned the Bihar CM for pulling off veil of a woman doctor, describing it as a grave violation of personal dignity and moral boundaries.“No position of authority, power, or office grants the right to interfere with another person’s self-respect,” said Mirwaiz and emphasised that when dignity is violated in public, particularly by someone in authority it sends a deeply troubling message that power can override ethics and basic human values.“Such diversions are mischievous, and further expose the bigoted mindset of those indulging in it and their limited understanding of Islam,” Mirwaiz added.



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