Cong defends Rahul's FTII visit, asks 'adamant' BJP to back off

August 03, 2015 15:20

Congress leader Ambika Soni on Monday asked the Narendra Modi-led government to stop politicising Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and urged the ruling dispensation to initiate a dialogue with the students to end the controversy.

"There should be no politics as far as Rahul Gandhi's visit to FTII is concerned. He did not go there as a representative of the party but on the invitation of the students. No one from the government is acknowledging the students' issues and that's why they invited him to listen to them," Soni said.

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