Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday urged IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to take strict action against certain apps that demean and target women. In a letter to the IT Minister, the Sena Rajya Sabha member said action against such apps would help protect the dignity of women.

She brought certain incidents in cyberspace to the minister's notice, including a live auction of women of a particular community on YouTube. More recently, she said, pictures of several women were uploaded without their knowledge or consent on an app called 'Sulli Deals' that had posted pictures of several women from various professions, including journalists, sourced from their social media websites.