Government says Rahul derailed FTII talks

August 20, 2015 08:48

India Today reports: It's not clear how much Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi knows about the grand epic Mahabharata -- he's an "expert without knowledge" after all, as Arun Jaitley said -- but his decision to take on Gajendra 'Yudhisthira' Chauhan has certainly made things messy at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.

Rahul's interference in the FTII tussle has scuttled the possibility of an amicable settlement of the two month-old students' protest, said top government sources.

The students have been protesting against the Union government's decision to appoint Chauhan as the chairman of FTII governing council.

The Congress vice-president added a political colour by targeting the Modi government over Chauhan's appointment and blamed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for promoting "mediocrity" at premier institutes of the country.

Since that interjection, the stalemate is not showing any sign of ending, and on Tuesday several FTII students had to be arrested.

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