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MJ Akbar returns home, says there will be statement later
Updated On: 14 October, 2018 10:35 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
There was an indication by the BJP that it is likely to take a clear stand on allegations of sexual harassment against Akbar once he explains his position upon his return
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MJ Akbar. File Photo
Union minister MJ Akbar, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment by a number of women journalists, returned here Sunday from a foreign tour.
Replying to a volley of questions from reporters at the airport, the Minister of State for External Affairs said he would issue a statement later. "There will be a statement later," he said. Multiple women in the last few days have offered their accounts of alleged sexual harassment by Akbar when he was a journalist as the #MeToo movement swept social media, bringing to fore sordid tales of sexual harassment by influential men in different walks of lives.
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