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MJ Akbar resigns Live Updates: Congress spokesperson said that MJ Akbar should have resigned earlier. Several women have welcomed the resignation of MJ Akbar. Priya Ramani said that she feels vindicated. MJ Akbar on Wednesday resigned as Minister of State for External Affairs after he faced multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment. [caption id=“attachment_2811024” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of MJ Akbar. Image courtesy: Facebook[/caption] Akbar on Monday had filed a private criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani who recently levelled charges of sexual misconduct against him as the #MeToo campaign raged in India. He had accused Ramani of “wilfully, deliberately, intentionally and maliciously” defaming him and had sought her prosecution under the penal provision on defamation. “The complainant (Akbar) also had a long career in journalism, he launched India’s first weekly political news magazine…,” the complaint had said and listed out defamatory imputations made by Ramani on social media against him. Whilst it is apparent that the accused has resorted to a series of maliciously serious allegations which she is diabolically and viciously spreading in media, it is also apparent that false narrative against the complainant (Akbar) is being circulated in a motivated manner for the fulfilment of an agenda, the complaint had said. It had termed as “scandalous” the allegations made by Ramani against Akbar and said “very tone and tenor” are ex-facie defamatory and they have not only damaged his goodwill and reputation in his social circle but also affected Akbar’s reputation in the community and friends, family and colleagues and caused irreparable loss and tremendous distress. With inputs from agencies
MJ Akbar resigns updates: What Priya Ramani has done is where we should be going, says writer Sandhya Menon
MJ Akbar resigns Live Updates: Congress spokesperson said that MJ Akbar should have resigned earlier. Several women have welcomed the resignation of MJ Akbar. Priya Ramani said that she feels vindicated.
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What Priya Ramani has done is where we should be going, says Sandhya Menon
I know it's hard. I know it's tedious. But what Priya Ramani has done is where we should be going.
— Sandhya (@TheRestlessQuil) October 17, 2018
I'm so disheartened to know that so few complaints have gone to the various avenues available to us -- state commissions, NCW, WCD ministry etc.
So many of us have been
MJ Akbar had to resign, says Harsha Bhogle
MJ Akbar had to resign. The tide of previous wrongs was too powerful to swim against.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 17, 2018
Glad MJ Akbar resigned, says former Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao
So glad that Minister MJ Akbar has resigned his post. His continuation was untenable and indefensible. A big shoutout to all the brave women journalists who called him out for his alleged, sickening and exploitative behaviour towards them. #Metoo #LetTheWomenBeHeard
— Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳 (@NMenonRao) October 17, 2018
Timely course correction, says journalist Sucheta Dalal
So this govt took all this time to understand that the #MeToo movement is not about or against it and allowing #MJAkbar to stay would be a monumental PR disaster in run up to 2019! 🙄 By refusing to act, it made the issue about itself!! Still, timely course correction! https://t.co/w4QxkpdSY4
— Sucheta Dalal (@suchetadalal) October 17, 2018
Author Swati Chaturvedi reacts
As I wrote “M J Akbar will go down in history as a serial sex pest predator” #Metoo
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) October 17, 2018
Defamation case to be heard tomorrow
Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Samar Vishal to hear defamation complaint of MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani in Patiala House Court Thursday, ANI reported.
Delhi: Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Samar Vishal will tomorrow hear the defamation complaint of #MJAkbar against journalist Priya Ramani, in Patiala House Court. pic.twitter.com/3myvn1cu9c
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2018
‘Very big thanks to everyone who backed us,’ says Mumbai Mirror editor Meenal Baghel
A very big thanks to everyone who backed each of us. #MJAkbar
— Meenal Baghel (@writemeenal) October 17, 2018
‘Stand by my story,’ says UK-based journalist Ruth David
India's junior foreign minister MJ Akbar resigns after over a dozen women accused him of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior. I was one of those women and I stand by my story and with those who spoke up. We raise our voices now so others will not experience what we did.
— Ruth David (@RuthsDavid) October 17, 2018
‘Courageous women forced Akbar out’: AAP leader Atishi
Courageous women journalists deserve all the credit for forcing @mjakbar out of his ministerial position.
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) October 17, 2018
Sexual harassment by the mighty and powerful should never go unchallenged #MeToo
Right decision taken by MJ Akbar: Ramdas Athawale
Opposition was asking him to resign on moral grounds. This is a right decision taken by him. The allegations on him should be properly investigated: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on #MJAkbar resignation pic.twitter.com/Rd3k0wDBrV
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2018
Criminal defamation case to be heard tomorrow
The Minister of State for External Affairs has accused Ramani—who had recently levelled charges of sexual misconduct against him as the #MeToo campaign raged in India—of “willfully, deliberately, intentionally and maliciously” defaming him and has sought her prosecution under the penal provision on defamation.
Hours after returning from a trip to Africa, Akbar had termed allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by several women as “false, fabricated and deeply distressing” and said he was taking appropriate legal action against them.
Akbar’s name cropped up on social media when he was in Nigeria. The women, who accused Akbar of sexual harassment, included Priya Ramani, Ghazala Wahab, Shuma Raha, Anju Bharti and Shutapa Paul.
**Click here to read more.**Senior journalist Nidhi Razdan reacts on MJ Akbar’s resignation:
I guess it was the bathrobe and the underwear #AkbarResigns
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) October 17, 2018
MJ Akbar should have resigned earlier: Congress spokesperson
“He should have resigned earlier. He was sitting in a position of power,” ABP News quoted Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera as saying.
NCW chairperson welcomes Akbar’s resignation
“I welcome government’s decision, NCW also welcomes it. This is the right decision,” News18 quoted NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma as saying.
More power to women’s rage: Barkha Dutt
Finally !!! It took two weeks and the bravery of nearly 20 women for #MJAkbar to quit. More power to women's rage, our right to work without harassment, our right to equality and our right to be. @priyaramani thank you & we remain with you in your legal battle. #MeToo https://t.co/F9D7oIeiIL
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) October 17, 2018
BJP should’ve asked MJ Akbar to step down: Suparna Sharma
“BJP should have taken a moral stand and asked MJ Akbar to step down. I am disappointed that did not happen,” Suparna Sharma, one of the journalists who had leveled sexual assault allegations against MJ Akbar, told CNN-News18.
MJ Akbar should withdraw his defamation case: Ghazala Wahab
“I think it’s the right decision and it would be better if he withdraws his case,” Ghazala Wahab, one of the journalists who had accused MJ Akbar of sexual harassment, told CNN-News18.
Here is MJ Akbar’s statement on his resignation:
#MJAkbar resigns from his post of Minister of State External Affairs MEA. pic.twitter.com/dxf4EtFl5P
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2018
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