No talks till stir ends: FTII's stern warning to protesting students

July 22, 2015 20:49

The prolonged confrontation between the striking Film and Television Institute of Indias tudents and the government is set to continue with the former deciding to continue their protests after being unequivocally told there will be no talks unless they withdraw the stir.

As the strike by the students entered the 41st day today, the FTII Students'Association announced that they will stage a protest demonstration along with "like-minded people" in New Delhi on August 3 coinciding with the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

However, the film insitution said that the message from the I&B Ministry is that "there will be no revocation of Chauhan's appointment or reconstitution of the FTII Society (the main demands of the agitating students). Also, the ministry will not have any dialogue with the students unless and until they go back to classes," they said.

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