#MeToo dam breaks on Akbar

October 11, 2018 11:07

Pressure piled on the Narendra Modi government to act against junior external affairs minister and former editor MJ Akbar as more women journalists alleged sexual predatory behaviour and wrote traumatic accounts.

Such was the wave of revulsion and outrage on social media that the Opposition Congress was forced to press, albeit reluctantly, for the minister's resignation. But the Modi government stuck to its silence for the second day running.

Sources said Akbar was expected to return from abroad on Friday amid indications that the government would prefer that he step down quietly. Read more

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