<p>The '#MeToo' storm hit the Congress with the president of its students' wing Fairoz Khan forced to quit over allegations of sexual harassment by a woman party worker from Chhattisgarh.</p>.<p>Congress sought to assume a moral high ground asserting that the National Students Union of India president had quit following allegations of corruption levelled against him and hit out at Union minister M J Akbar for digging in heels despite being called out by 16 women journalists.</p>.<p>The allegations against Khan had first surfaced in June when the woman approached party leaders, including Congress president Rahul Gandhi.</p>.<p>Khan's resignation came after a three-member internal committee chaired Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev submitted its report to the Congress leadership after a detailed examination of the allegations against Khan.</p>.<p>The woman had filed a police complaint against Khan in September.</p>.<p>“The Congress president has accepted Khan's resignation,” AICC spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters in New Delhi.</p>.<p>Tewari said that the resignation does not mean that Khan was guilty and indicated that he could be considered for a party post “when facts would reveal themselves”.</p>.<p>Khan is now expected to contest the allegations against him in court.</p>.<p>“There is a difference between traditions and traditions. During the UPA government any minister facing allegations would quit on moral grounds quite unlike what we see in the NDA,” Tewari said.</p>
<p>The '#MeToo' storm hit the Congress with the president of its students' wing Fairoz Khan forced to quit over allegations of sexual harassment by a woman party worker from Chhattisgarh.</p>.<p>Congress sought to assume a moral high ground asserting that the National Students Union of India president had quit following allegations of corruption levelled against him and hit out at Union minister M J Akbar for digging in heels despite being called out by 16 women journalists.</p>.<p>The allegations against Khan had first surfaced in June when the woman approached party leaders, including Congress president Rahul Gandhi.</p>.<p>Khan's resignation came after a three-member internal committee chaired Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev submitted its report to the Congress leadership after a detailed examination of the allegations against Khan.</p>.<p>The woman had filed a police complaint against Khan in September.</p>.<p>“The Congress president has accepted Khan's resignation,” AICC spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters in New Delhi.</p>.<p>Tewari said that the resignation does not mean that Khan was guilty and indicated that he could be considered for a party post “when facts would reveal themselves”.</p>.<p>Khan is now expected to contest the allegations against him in court.</p>.<p>“There is a difference between traditions and traditions. During the UPA government any minister facing allegations would quit on moral grounds quite unlike what we see in the NDA,” Tewari said.</p>