Of late, the functioning and management of the Bhau Daji Lad museum in Byculla have been riddled with controversy. Most recently, there were ugly scenes after political demonstrations against a planned fashion show at the city’s oldest museum.

Now, as a story in this paper reported yesterday, the BMC is planning to take more control over the museum. If that were to happen, it will raise a question mark over the future role of current director, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta.