Akbar, Alok Nath get sucked in deeper in #MeToo vortex, fresh allegations against others too

More women recounted in detail their alleged accounts of sexual harassment and assault at the hands of Union minister M J Akbar and actor Alok Nath as newer names got sucked into the #MeToo vortex on Wednesday.

The Congress, too, stepped into the swirling storm, asking journalist-politician Akbar to either resign as minister of state for external affairs or offer a satisfactory explanation to the allegations by women journalists who had worked with him in the past.

The government maintained silence with Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad refusing to comment when asked to do so in a press conference.

"How can he be in the ministry with serious allegations being levelled against him by responsible journalists who worked with him. Let there be an inquiry into it,"
Vairamuthu denied the allegations saying, "Time will tell the truth."