Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari on Saturday (December 20, 2025) said he has offered a job with a ₹3 lakh monthly salary, a government flat, and a desired posting to a woman doctor from Bihar following the hijab controversy during the distribution of appointment letters.
Mr. Ansari alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tried to demean the hijab and the Muslim community by removing the veil of a woman.
"I have invited the woman doctor to Jharkhand and offered her a job with a ₹3 lakh monthly salary, a flat, a desired posting, and full security," he told reporters in Jamtara.
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"The way a doctor and a woman was humiliated and treated with indecency by pulling her hijab is not merely an attack on one individual but a direct assault on human dignity, honour and the Constitution itself," he said.
