BJP to protest against Congress’s ‘political patronage’ of dismissed JNU academic
The BJP has announced a protest against the Congress party, accusing them of providing political patronage to a former JNU professor accused of sexual exploitation. The BJP demands accountability and suspension of the accused academic.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political tensions and debates regarding accountability for sexual misconduct in academic and political spheres.
Amid the ongoing protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the security clampdown in the national capital, the B haratiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Mahila Morcha has announced a protest march on Monday (October 12, 2026) against the Congress over what it called the “political patronage” extended by the Opposition party to Congress MP and former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, who was dismissed from service on October 8 on charges of sexually exploiting female students.
On Sunday (October 11, 2026), the party said its Nari Shakti Hunkar Andolan (women power roar movement) would be organised from the Andhra Education Society School on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg to the Congress headquarters at Indira Bhawan, followed by a demonstration.
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