India, Oct. 5 -- A pregnant Muslim woman was allegedly denied treatment by a female doctor in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur due to her religion, starting a political firestorm.

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday shared a video of the woman, identified as Shama Parveen, talking to a TV channel. Singh took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

"A doctor, considered a form of God, refused to provide treatment after asking about religion. The incident is from Jaunpur in UP. This is the New India of Modi and Yogi's dreams," the MP wrote in a post on X, in Hindi.

The incident allegedly happened on the night of September 30 when Parveen was brought to the district women's hospital. Her husband, Mohammed...