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NSUI president quits after sexual harassment charges, Rahul Gandhi accepts resignation

New Delhi, Oct 16: National president of NSUI, student-wing of the Congress party, Fairoz Khan has stepped down from his post following charges of sexual harassment, sources in the Congress said Tuesday.

NSUI President Fairoz Khan. Courtesy: @Fairoz_JK

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has accepted his resignation, the sources told PTI. Khan, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, submitted his resignation on Monday.

The party had set up a three-member committee to look into the issue after a woman levelled charges of sexual harassment against the chief of its youth wing.

The Congress worker from Chhattisgarh also lodged a complaint against him in the Parliament Street police station, saying that she feared for her life.

PTI

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