Srinagar, Dec. 18 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday lashed out at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after a video went viral, showing Kumar pulling down a Muslim woman doctor's niqab during an official function in his home state.

Omar said that Kumar's 'real face' was coming to the fore.

"Nowhere is it allowed (to pull down the veil of a Muslim woman). If the chief minister didn't want to give her the order (himself) then he should have skipped her but humiliating her in front of everybody is absolutely wrong. Slowly the reality of Nitish Kumar is coming to the fore, who was earlier considered a secular and intelligent leader," Abdullah told reporters.

He said that the incident was unfortunate and reminded ...