Shiv Sena has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) administration in Maharashtra to remove all ‘illegal’ mannequins from shops. This comes after Shiv Sena corporator Sheetal Mhatre found the display of lingerie mannequins hanging from trees ‘upsetting’.
Speaking to ANI, Mhatre argued that there is no need for advertising lingerie, as the women already know where to buy it from.
Shiv Sena’s demand met with massive backlash on Twitter as people wondered aloud what makes a mannequin “illegal”