BJP Women MPs Meet Lok Sabha Speaker, Seek Expulsion Of Congress MP Bimol Akoijam
A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party women members of Parliament, led by Daggubati Purandeswari, approached the Lok Sabha Speaker demanding the termination of Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam's parliamentary membership. The move follows his dismissal from Jawaharlal Nehru University after an internal inquiry committee found him guilty of sexual harassment based on complaints filed by eleven female students. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has pasted a notice at his residence summoning him to join the investigation. The BJP Mahila Morcha, headed by Roop Kumari Chaudhary, also submitted a memorandum to National Commission for Women Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar, seeking strict action. BJP leaders questioned the silence of Congress leadership, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, accusing them of hypocrisy on women's safety. Akoijam has categorically denied all allegations, describing the accusations as baseless and terming the entire inquiry a witch hunt.