#MeToo: MJ Akbar resigns as MoS External Affairs

ONI Bureau:  Union Minister MJ Akbar resigned as Minister of State for External Affairs over allegations of sexual harassment by a number of women journalists.

Akbar has sent his resignations to the Prime Minister’s Office today.

Reportedly, as many as 20 women journalists who worked with MJ Akbar when he was a journalist-editor speak and accused him of harassment and molestation through #MeToo movement in India.

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