India, July 28 -- The Samajwadi Party's (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav recently visited a mosque near Parliament House in New Delhi with his MP wife Dimple Yadav, who was attired in a saree.

This, unexpectedly, kicked off a controversy with a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Morcha leader taking exception to Dimple's 'pehnava' (the Indian saree). The leader's comments crossed the line and were against a woman's dignity.

Samajwadi Party (SP) MP from Rampur Mobiullah Naqvi, who is associated with the mosque, defended the Yadav couple by mentioning the previous visits of leaders to the 'historic mosque'. The SP quickly released a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to some other mosque. The visit created a storm in...