Viral Video Shows Tamil Nadu BJP Worker Questioning Hijab-Wearing Doctor
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The incident took place inside the Thirupoondi primary health centre in the southern district on May 24 night.
A BJP worker was booked on Friday for allegedly picking up a quarrel with a hijab-clad woman doctor over not wearing the white coat at a primary health centre in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, police said.
Police registered three cases against party functionary Bhuvaneswar Ram, who hails from Thirupoondi in the district, questioned the woman doctor for wearing hijab during duty hours but not donning the white coat and he was heard questioning her credentials in a video of the incident that went viral.
The incident took place inside the Thirupoondi primary health centre in the southern district on May 24 night.
"I doubt if you are really a doctor. Why are you not in uniform, why are you wearing a hijab?" he could be heard asking the doctor in the video.
