This reportedly led to the Eiffel Tower shutting down on Monday, with staff going on strike. Singer Chinmayi Sripaada has reacted to reports that women employees at the Eiffel Tower in Paris were asked to leave during a Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha ( BAPS ) delegation’s visit.
After the controversy, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal responded to the reports. As to the particular issue pertaining to the Tower, this is a matter purely between the entities concerned. It is a common practice for the Prime Minister to convey his good wishes on such occasions. In this case, it was done virtually. There is no cause for any comment in this regar
“During the visit of this delegation, women were asked to leave their places of work in order to place men there,” staff union representative Diane Davoine told news agency Reuters. Davoine said that the instruction left the women staff feeling “humiliated. He said, “We are aware of the opening of a temple by the BAPS Sanstha in the Paris area.
