Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti on Friday (December 19, 2025) moved a complaint before the J&K Police in Srinagar and sought registration of an FIR against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the recent attempt to remove the veil from the face of a female doctor during an official function.

Meanwhile, addressing the congregation at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar, chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar condemned the act of the Bihar Chief Minister pulling off the veil of a woman doctor, and described it as a grave violation of personal dignity and moral boundaries.

Earlier on Tuesday (December 16), several political parties in Jammu and Kashmir condemned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Former J&K Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti said it was time for Mr. Kumar to step down. “Having personally known and admired Nitish ji, I was shocked to see him pull down a young Muslim woman’s naqaab (veil),” Ms. Mufti said. She said does one attribute it to old age or the normalisation of humiliating Muslims publicly. “The fact that people around him watched this horrific incident unfold as some form of an entertainment is even more unsettling. Nitish Sahab perhaps it’s time you step down?” Ms. Mufti said.

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Awami Ittehad Party spokesperson Inam Un Nabi said such an act “strips the office of Chief Minister of any moral credibility left.” “Mr. Kumar’s behaviour was not just inappropriate, it was disgraceful, arrogant and shockingly shameless. He has humiliated a young doctor and disgraced his own chair,” Mr. Nabi said.