Giving no indication of resigning from the government, Union Minister M J Akbar, who is facing charges of sexual harassment and wrongdoing by around a dozen women journalists, on Sunday called the allegations "false, wild and baseless" and vowed to take legal action against the accusers.

"Accusation without evidence has become a viral fever among some sections. Whatever be the case, now that I have returned (from abroad), my lawyers will look into these wild and baseless allegations in order to decide our future course of legal action," he said in a statement hours after his return. Akbar, who was on an official trip to Nigeria when allegations were made by women journalists, asked whether there was an agenda in the allegations as they came ahead of general elections.