#MeToo: Prez Kovind accepts MJ Akbar`s resignation; Congress calls it `victory of truth`
(WorldNews India)

President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday accepted MJ Akbar's resignation as Minister of State in External Affairs a day ahead of the hearing of his criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani at Delhi's Patiala House court. Kovind accepted the resignation of Akbar from the Union Council of Ministers with immediate effect. Akbar, who was in Nigeria when the sexual harassment allegations against him surfaced, said he would continue to fight the case in a personal capacity. "Since I have decided to seek justice in a court of law in my personal...