India, May 16 -- After Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav has stirred a controversy by saying that a Bharatiya Janata Party minister targeted Army colonel Sofiya Qureshi as she is a Muslim, but IAF's wing commander Vyomika Singh was spared as she was thought to be a Rajput.

Ramgopal Yadav also mentioned director general of air operations, Air Marshal AK Bharti, claiming that BJP leaders were also unaware of his caste background.

Wing commander Vyomika Singh and colonel Sofiya Qureshi are the two uniformed women who led the briefings on Operation Sindoor along with foreign secretary Vikram Misri.

The Samajwadi Party leader set out to slam the BJP for its nationwide Tiranga Yatra, which is being tak...