JNU harassment row: Women BJP MPs meet LS Speaker, demand action against Akoijam
A delegation of women BJP MPs has requested that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla take action against Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam following sexual harassment allegations. Akoijam was recently dismissed from his professorship at JNU after an internal committee found him guilty of the charges.
Why it matters
This case highlights the intersection of academic accountability, political ethics, and the handling of sexual harassment allegations within high-level government institutions.
A delegation of women BJP MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday (October 15, 2026) and demanded action against Congress legislator Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, who was recently sacked as a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) amid sexual harassment allegations.
After the meeting, BJP MP D. Purandeswari said the delegation drew the Speaker's attention to the allegations against Lok Sabha MP Akoijam and urged him to take appropriate action.
"We told the Speaker that the JNU internal committee has found the Congress MP [Akoijam] guilty. We urged the Speaker to consider referring the matter to the Parliament Ethics Committee and also consider whether he should continue as a member of the Lok Sabha," Ms. Purandeswari told reporters in the Parliament House Complex.
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