Eiffel Tower chief to quit after female staff replaced by men during religious visit

A delegation of BAPS Hindu monks ed the Eiffel Tower as part of a to Paris to open a new temple earlier this month The chief executive of the company that runs the Eiffel Tower will step down after a backlash over female staff being replaced by male colleagues during a by a Hindu religious group.

They were replaced by male colleagues as a delegation of around 100 people linked to the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) group ed the Eiffel Tower earlier this month.

The tower closed as staff went on strike to show their outrage BAPS apologised "for any pain or inconvenience caused" earlier this month, adding "we believe in the universal values of mutual respect and service".