Eiffel Tower row exposes BAPS Hindu group as 'spearhead of Modi's soft power'
- A row over the treatment of female staff at the Eiffel Tower has put a Hindu movement at the centre of a controversy in France.
- An India specialist told RFI that BAPS, which has close ties to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has become an important vehicle for his soft-power diplomacy abroad.
- The controversy began after around 100 people linked to BAPS – the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha – made a private visit to the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.
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- A row over the treatment of female staff at the Eiffel Tower has put a Hindu movement at the centre of a controversy in France.
- An India specialist told RFI that BAPS, which has close ties to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has become an important vehicle for his soft-power diplomacy abroad.
- The controversy began after around 100 people linked to BAPS – the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha – made a private visit to the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.
Sources: RFI