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Maneka Gandhi proposes panel of legal experts to probe #MeToo cases

Dissonance in Sangh Parivar over fate of Union minister MJ Akbar

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Archis MohanPTI New Delhi
There was dissonance within the Sangh Parivar on Friday over the fate of Union minister M J Akbar, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment. Akbar is currently in Equatorial Guinea, a central African country, after having postponed his return to India.

Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi proposed to constitute a panel of legal experts to look into the allegations of sexual harassment, which have surfaced in the #MeToo campaign. The minister didn’t directly speak on allegations against Akbar, but said she believed each of the women who have come out. “They should speak out and in one