FILE PHOTO: Indian journalists hold placards during a protest against what they say is sexual harassment in the workplace in New Delhi, India, October 13, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a panel of four cabinet ministers to examine ways to prevent workplace sexual harassment, a ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, as activists criticised the official response to the #MeToo movement.
The movement triggered a public outcry in traditionally conservative India, with junior foreign minister M J Akbar and India's Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi among dozens of high-profile men accused of sexual misconduct.
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