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A strong demonstration was seen outside the Lenskart showroom in Indore on Thursday. In fact, World Hindu Federation workers protested against the company’s dress code policy and expressed their anger by breaking glasses. A large number of women also participated in the demonstration. Along with this, slogans were raised against the company. Actually, the demonstration was held outside the showroom of Lenskart located in Scheme-54 area. During this time, the protesters applied tilak to the women employees and asked them to work with their religious symbols without any fear.

Actually, Peethadhishwar Swami Atul Anand Maharaj of Siddheshwar Dham was also present during this period. The protesting activists said that if symbols of one religion can be allowed, then it is wrong to ban the symbols of another religion.

World Hindu Federation protests against dress code policy

The controversy over the dress code escalated when organization leaders claimed that the company’s internal policy prohibited employees from wearing religious symbols like bindi, tilak and kalava. After this allegation, workers of World Hindu Federation started protesting. State president of the organization, Sanjay Aggarwal said that if an employee is allowed to wear hijab, then banning Hindu religious symbols will be considered discrimination. He said that such a policy cannot be accepted under any circumstances.

What is the company’s response?

In fact, during the demonstration, many workers expressed anger against the company by breaking Lenskart’s spectacles. The organization also announced that its products would be boycotted across Madhya Pradesh if the company did not make clear changes in its policy. Many women including Mahila State President Sunita Jaiswal also took part in this protest and said that banning religious identity is wrong. However, as the controversy escalated, a clarification has also come out from the company’s side. In fact, Lenskart founder and CEO Piyush Bansal has said that the document that is going viral on social media is old and the current policy is different.

According to the company, the new style guide does not ban any religious or cultural symbols. In this, symbols like Bindi, Tilak, Sindoor, Kalava, Mangalsutra, Hijab and Turban are allowed. The company also said that if the old document has created confusion among the people, then it is sorry for it.