Letter to BS: Modi should set up committee to probe workplace harassment

PM should set up a fact-finding committee consisting of three independent women members and headed by an eminent person such as former Supreme Court judge Sujata Manohar

This refers to the editorial, “An untenable position” (October 16). While asking a minister to resign on the basis of allegations that he sexually harassed women while working as a newspaper editor years ago may set a dangerous precedent, the allegations are serious as more than 10 women have accused M J Akbar of harassing them. In such a scenario, the Prime Minister should set up a fact-finding committee consisting of three independent women members (other than ministers) and headed by an eminent person such as former Supreme Court judge Sujata Manohar who was part of the bench that laid