“Ayush doctor Nusrat Praveen has not joined yet, and there is no update on her future course of action,” he said. “Nusrat's family said that they want to escape media coverage, and that the woman doctor will rethink whether to join or not,” Rahman added. The controversy drew a response from Jharkhand health minister Irfan Ansari, who on Saturday said he had offered the woman doctor a job in Jharkhand. “I have invited the woman doctor to Jharkhand and offered her a job with Rs 3 lakh monthly salary, a flat, desired posting and full security,” Ansari told reporters in Jamtara. He alleged that the Bihar chief minister had tried to demean the naqab and the Muslim community.

Source: The Telegraph December 20, 2025 16:47 UTC