New Delhi: Female members of parliament belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party are organizing a demonstration outside the national headquarters of the Congress party to demand swift disciplinary measures against Inner Manipur Lok Sabha lawmaker Bimol Akoijam. The planned protest stems from his recent termination from his position as a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University following an inquiry by the institution's Internal Complaints Committee into allegations of sexual harassment.
Alongside calls for disciplinary steps within the opposition party, the ruling party parliamentarians are urging Akoijam to resign from his seat in Parliament, while sharply criticizing the national leadership of the Congress for maintaining silence on the matter. In response to the accusations and subsequent academic dismissal, Akoijam has strongly denied any wrongdoing, characterizing the claims as entirely baseless and driven by political motivations.
Meanwhile, the capital is seeing heightened political activity as authorities manage separate demonstrations and broader public events. The unfolding situation brings the sexual harassment controversy and the political fallout surrounding the JNU professor's dismissal into sharp focus ahead of scheduled parliamentary developments.