Onus On Concerned Person To Issue Statement: Smriti Irani On #Metoo Allegations Against Mj Akbar dnaindia.com

Amid ongoing demand for the resignation of Union Minister MJ Akbar after some women journalists accused him of sexually harassing, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said that the gentlemen concerned would be in a better positioned to speak on this issue.

As the MeToo campaign gathered momentum in India, some women journalists have come out and accused Akbar, a former editor and now the minister of state for external affairs, of sexually harassing them during his stint as a journalist. Akbar was an editor of many publications before he took to politics.