Junior minister of external affairs MJ Akbar put the speculations around his resignation to a rest yesterday when he released a statement on how all the allegations against him were baseless. Saying that he's deeply disturbed by the matter, Akbar will be taking legal action the women who've named and shamed him publically. This was clarified in the 2 page long statement released by the minister, in which he also presented a case by case rebuttal to the allegations.