FTII row: Talks fail to break deadlock; next meeting on Oct 6

October 01, 2015 17:39

With FTII students sticking to their demand for removal of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as the institute's chairman, a second round of talks here today between the striking students and I & B Ministry officials failed to break the deadlock but the two sides agreed to meet again in New Delhi on October 6.

During the talks, which lasted for nearly four hours, students held firm to their 'core demand' of dissolving the Pune-based FTII society headed by Chauhan, who is also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The ministry team was represented by Joint Secretary K Sanjay Murthy, Deputy Secretary Deepak Kumar and Films Division Director Mukesh Sharma.

"The meeting we had today was in continuation of our last meet two days back. We have decided to further continue our talks on Tuesday (October 6) in Delhi with the Secretary of I&B department," spokesperson of FTII Students Association Vikas Urs told reporters after the meeting.

He said students in the meeting stuck to their core demand of 'dissolving' the current FTII society.

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