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A Congress Member of Parliament, facing allegations of sexual harassment and dismissal from Jawaharlal Nehru University, has responded via email to a Delhi Police summons, agreeing to join the probe and cooperate. While the parliamentarian dismissed the accusations filed by 11 students as baseless and questioned the fairness of the internal university inquiry, the Bharatiya Janata Party has escalated protests. BJP women MPs and the Mahila Morcha have met the Lok Sabha Speaker and approached the National Commission for Women demanding his immediate suspension from Parliament.

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00:00Vimal Akhaijan, the Congress Member of Parliament, who is facing, of course, the allegations
00:05under dismissal from the JNU of a sexual harassment issue, has now responded to the Delhi Police
00:10notice. The summons that have been sent to him for questioning by the Delhi Police, he
00:15has submitted his response via an email. The Member of Parliament has stated he will join
00:19the investigation on 15th October and will cooperate. If he is unable to join on 15th
00:26October, he will join the investigation the next day. But he is going to fully cooperate
00:30with the probe. Now that's an important statement because remember the allegations are serious.
00:34What Vimal Akhaijan has done, he has fully dismissed it. He is not willing to accept at all that
00:42the reason he has been dismissed from service from Jawaharlal Nehru University over sexual
00:46abuse allegations has been proven. He is saying there is no evidence. It is all witch hunt
00:53against him. But also remember the BJP jumping on this and they have said that this is the
01:02silence and hypocrisy of Rahul Gandhi and Prananda Devatra that are also exposed here. They want
01:07to smash the patriarchy but they have such members of parliament who are facing these harassment
01:12allegations. Eleven students have filed that complaint in the university against him. For now, of course,
01:19Vimal Akhaijan remains a Congress MP and that is why the BJP is charging at it.
01:32So here's what the Bharatiya Janata Party MPs are doing. They are charging at Vimal Akhaijan and also at the
01:37Congress party.
01:38What they have done is they have approached the Lok Sabha Speaker Umberla, they have hit the streets,
01:43their Mahila Amur Chao Wing, their women members of parliament and they're asking one, he needs to be suspended
01:49from the parliament. How can he remain a member of parliament with such serious allegations of sexual harassment
01:54that have been filed officially by at least 11 students and he's been dismissed from the university over those charges.
02:01That's the visual on your screen of the BJP women MPs who met Lok Sabha Speaker. There is also the
02:07Mahila Morcha wing
02:08that has approached the National Commission for Women. The BJP Mahila Morcha has moved the National Commission for Women seeking
02:15action.
02:15A delegation led by President Roop Kumari Chaudhary met NCW Chairperson Vijay Rahatkar and have submitted a memorandum.
02:23Delhi police had summoned Akhaijan for which he's now responded, saying he will appear before the investigators
02:31and will cooperate with the probe. A notice was pasted outside his residence asking him to join the probe into
02:37this case.
02:38Akhaijan, remember, is denying the allegations, questioning the fairness of even JNU's internal inquiry.
02:44The women BJP MPs, meanwhile Basuri Swaraj Swati Malewal are demanding that he be asked as a member of parliament
02:53as well.
02:55Dr. Karnia Pujan, the President of the Speaker, to be the President of the Vice President of the Vice President
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03:07Hurray of the Justice of the National Society,
03:08Dr. Karnyya Pujani Pradhan Прiyod », made the significa in the United States,
03:13is written by President Prime Minister of the National of the National Committee.
03:13The purpose of the Congress in the National Commission,
03:14the government of the National Committee is the firstилась of the National Committee.
03:15has kept itself in its charge
03:15and is the NGO's campaign,
03:16which is the Prime Minister of the National Committee in the National Committee.
03:16The National Committee on the United States as well.
03:17National Committee will appearMP to the National Committee on the Nationaloyah
03:19Thank you so much.

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