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- India's junior foreign minister MJ Akbar has resigned after numerous women accused him of sexual harassment and assault, officials have confirmed. The former prominent newspaper editor is the most high profile figure to be named in what is being called India's #MeToo movement. The charges range from "predatory behaviour" to sexual assault.
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45821100MJ Akbar: India minister quits after #MeToo allegations - BBC
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Oct 17, 2018 · India's junior foreign minister MJ Akbar has resigned after numerous women accused him of sexual harassment and assault, officials have confirmed. The former prominent newspaper editor is the...
Oct 18, 2018 · Union Minister MJ Akbar, accused of sex harassment by multiple women, resigned on Wednesday, becoming the most high profile person to exit his job in a growing #MeToo movement in India....
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Minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar resigned on Wednesday, buffeted by a storm of allegations of sexual misconduct dating back to the years he was a journalist and newspaper editor...
Oct 24, 2018 · Which is why Akbar’s resignation underscored the growing power of the movement: that a once-powerful figure in journalism, a government official, actually lost his job.
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Oct 17, 2018 · Akbar’s resignation came after the number of journalists accusing him of sexual misconduct kept increasing. It also came as several male journalists joined hands with their female...
Oct 17, 2018 · New Delhi: Amid mounting pressure on him in the wake of the #MeToo storm, MJ Akbar has resigned as the Minister of State for External Affairs after allegations of sexual harassment were levelled against him by as many as 15 women, many of them former colleagues.
