{"id":61037,"date":"2018-10-09T20:20:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T00:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=61037"},"modified":"2018-10-09T20:20:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T00:20:59","slug":"indian-opposition-calls-for-resignation-of-former-editor-and-current-state-minister-mj-akbar-following-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-made-against-him-by-senior-journalist-priya-ramani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=61037","title":{"rendered":"Indian Opposition Calls For Resignation of Former Editor and Current State Minister MJ Akbar Following Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Made Against Him By Senior Journalist Priya Ramani."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/p>\n<p>A Special Correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Opposition has called for the resignation of Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar following allegations of sexual misconduct against him by a senior journalist as part of the #MeToo movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe allegations against Mr. Akbar is the Harvey Weinstein moment for India. The Modi government talks of beti bachao, beti padhao (save the girl child, educate her) but the people of India has built a movement which seeks justice for women. Mr. Akbar should resign,\u201d Ghanshyam Tiwari, spokesperson of the Samajwadi Party, said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Congress leader Manish Tewari said, \u201cThe Minister concerned needs to speak as silence is not an option. Prime Minister Modi also needs to speak up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister, who served as the editor of several leading publications over the past four decades in the country, is yet to respond to the allegation and is currently in Nigeria with a business delegation from India.<\/p>\n<p>In the allegation. senior journalist Priya Ramani said she was made to feel uncomfortable by Mr. Akbar in a hotel room.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton61037\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D61037&amp;text=Indian%20Opposition%20Calls%20For%20Resignation%20of%20Former%20Editor%20and%20Current%20State%20Minister%20MJ%20Akbar%20Following...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By A Special Correspondent The Opposition has called for the resignation of Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar following allegations of sexual misconduct against him by a senior journalist as part of the #MeToo movement. \u201cThe allegations against Mr. Akbar is the Harvey Weinstein moment for India. The Modi government talks of beti &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=61037\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Indian Opposition Calls For Resignation of Former Editor and Current State Minister MJ Akbar Following Allegations of Sexual Misconduct Made Against Him By Senior Journalist Priya Ramani.&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61039,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61037\/revisions\/61039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}