India, Oct. 14 -- Congress Lok Sabha MP and expelled Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) faculty member Angomcha Bimol Akoijam on Tuesday refuted the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him, terming the entire process a "witch hunt" driven by political vendetta to silence his voice on Manipur and the Northeast, even as a group of women MPs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) met President Droupadi Murmu and sought his suspension from Parliament.

"They expect people from Manipur and the Northeast in general to remain silent, docile and submissive.That is why they are trying to silence me, but they will not succeed.I am telling you, this has been a 'witch hunt' from the very beginning," Akoijam, who was a professor at JNU's S...