New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- A political firestorm has been ignited after a pregnant woman in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh was purportedly refused medical treatment by a female doctor allegedly over on her religion.

The controversy was amplified on Sunday when Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP, Sanjay Singh, shared a video of the woman, identified as Shama Parveen, speaking to a television news channel.

Sanjay Singh seized the opportunity to take a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh 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 AAP MP wrote in a social me...