As MJ Akbar faces sexual harassment allegations, RSS leader supports #MeToo

'You needn't have a #MeToo movement to support the woman journalists who have narrated their victimisation,' Hosabale said

Support for #MeToo

As the Narendra Modi government mulled whether or not to ask Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar (pictured) to quit in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him, a senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader indicated his support for the #MeToo movement. RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, who is number two in the organisation after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, and seen as the modern face of the Sangh, commented on a Facebook post by Ankhi Das. “You needn’t have a #MeToo movement to support the woman journalists who have narrated their victimisation.