Read Here: MeToo Movement: Minister MJ Akbar Won't Quit Over #MeToo, Warns Legal Action: 10 Points
Union Minister MJ Akbar today said the allegations of sexual harassment against him are "false and fabricated" and that he would take legal action in the matter. Mr Akbar, 67, was on an official tour in Nigeria when nearly a dozen women came out with detailed accounts of his alleged sexual misconduct as part of a thread on social media that has snowballed into a #MeToo movement in India. "Lies do not have legs, but they do contain poison... This is deeply distressing. I will be taking appropriate legal action," Mr Akbar said.