JNU harassment row: Women BJP MPs meet LS Speaker, demand action against Akoijam

Congress MP Bimol Akoijam. File | Photo Credit: ANI 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."The Speaker gave an assurance that he will certainly look into the matter and also consider if it should be referred to the Ethics Committee," she added.Mr. Akoijam, a Congress MP from Inner Manipur and a professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems under JNU's School of Social Sciences, was dismissed with immediate effect on October 9 following an inquiry into the harassment allegations against him.He has, however, denied the charges.At least 11 female students complained about Mr. Akoijam in May this year. The complainants alleged that the professor invited students to his campus residence on the pretext of meetings or gatherings and attempted to harass them sexually. Some students alleged that he also made obscene and inappropriate remarks in class.Based on a complaint lodged by JNU's chief security officer, an FIR was registered against Mr. Akoijam on Sunday (October 11, 2026) on charges of sexual harassment and insulting the modesty of a woman. Published - October 15, 2026 12:46 pm IST