NEW DELHI, Oct 10:
The Congress said today Union Minister M J Akbar must either offer a satisfactory explanation on the allegations of sexual harassment against him or resign immediately.
The party also demanded an inquiry into his conduct.
As the #MeToo campaign gathered momentum in India, some women journalists have come out and accused Akbar, a former editor and now the Minister of State for External Affairs, of sexually harassing them during his stint as a journalist.
Congress spokesperson S Jaipal Reddy, in a press conference, said, “I think M J Akbar must either offer a satisfactory explanation or resign forthwith. How can he be in the ministry with serious allegations being levelled against him by responsible journalists who worked with him. (PTI)
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