Chandigarh, June 4 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann's "one nation, one husband" remark on Tuesday, while taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Operation Sindoor, stoked a major political controversy, with the Opposition party accusing him of insulting the widows of those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack. Mann, who was talking to reporters in Chandigarh, made the remarks while responding to a query on the BJP's campaign for the upcoming assembly bypoll for Ludhiana West seat. When asked about the BJP allegedly seeking votes in the name of Operation Sindoor, the AAP leader accused the Opposition party of making a mockery of Indian traditions. "(They are) seeking votes in the name of sindoor (vermillion). They have turned sindoor into a joke. If they come to your house (with sindoor), will you apply sindoor in the name of Modi. Is it a 'one nation, one husband' scheme?" he said.The BJP was quick to slam Mann for his remarks, saying the chief minister has "crossed all limits". "There is no BJP activity sending sindoor to every household. The term Operation Sindoor was used because terrorists were killing Hindu men after checking their religion - sindoor was a marker they used to identify women," Punjab BJP spokesperson Pritpal Singh Balliawal said in a post on X. Stating that Operation Sindoor was about "terrorism, martyrdom and the protection of Indian lives", Balliawal added: "...A man who mocks the Indian Army, insults Veer Naris, turns every sacred symbol into a joke...such a person will never understand the value of sindoor, which carries sacrifice, love. This isn't humour." htc...