FTII students' protest against Gajendra Chauhan intensifies

June 15, 2015 14:13

The Information and Broadcasting ministry has not yet responded on the demand of the Film and Television Institute of India students to remove television actor and Bharatiya Janata Party member Gajendra Chauhan from the post of chairman of its governing council even as their strike entered the fourth day on Monday.

"We have written to the I&B Ministry about our demands. There is no response as yet," FTII students' association president Harishankar Nachimuthu said.

Asked about the content of the letter sent to the ministry, he said, "We will wait till a reply is received" but asserted the strike will continue till the demand is met.

Meanwhile, 'Swaraj Abhiyan' leader Yogendra Yadav, who was in Pune to address a farmers' meeting against the land bill, also visited the institute to support the students "just demands".

Yadav alleged that Modi government does not understand the word 'autonomy' and this is not the first institution where "autonomy is being eroded" by it.

"It is not mere a question of saffronisation, the real question is of degradation of all institutions where people without necessary qualification are being appointed," the former AAP leader said.

This is an assault on the finest institution of the country which is not in the interest of the nation, he said.

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