Letters to BS: M J Akbar should step down till his name gets cleared

Bharatiya Janata Party leadership should ask M J Akbar to step aside as it is hurting its image

Apropos the apt editorial “An untenable position” (October 16); though Akbar has filed a criminal defamation case against Priya Ramani, how he decides to deal with the string of allegations by other women is a matter of conjecture. The defence put out by him does not sound convincing. It has taken an enormous amount of courage for these women to speak up. 

While Akbar has every right to defend himself, he should note that he is no longer a private citizen but a minister in the Union cabinet. Propriety demands he should step aside