BAPS has created outrage in France, embarrassed Macron govt, damaged India's image: Christophe Jaffrelot, Professor of South Asian Politics at Sciences Po and Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at King's College, London

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The decision to keep women away when a delegation from BAPS visited the Eiffel Tower recently has provoked outrage in Paris and headlines in India. That’s the subject I shall discuss today. The Mayor of Paris has called it unacceptable. Marine Le Pen, the French opposition leader, has demanded an inquiry. But has it also embarrassed the Macron Government? Has it damaged India’s image? And is it a result of the close relationship between BAPS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Gujarat BJP? My guest is one of the world’s top authorities on Indian studies, Professor of S ...