Filmworld
Government open for talks with FTII students
New Delhi, Aug 3
The government is open for
discussions with FTII students who have been opposing the appointment of
actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as the facility's chairman,
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore said on Monday.
While addressing the media outside the
parliament, Rathore said that "making this issue political is the
biggest mistake, probably it reveals the source of the strike".
"Discussions
on demands raised by FTII (Film and Television Institute of India)
students are going on for some time. Government is very liberal towards
students."
The minister said it is a section of students who want to continue with the strike.
"A
section of students want to continue with the strike even after the
government held discussions with them to resolve issue," he said.
"Somewhere
a small segment of students was being misled by a political party or
person," he said in an obvious reference to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
who has expressed support to the FTII students.
Over 200
students are on strike for over 50 days as they feel Chauhan, who played
'Yudhishthir' in "Mahabharat", lacks the stature and vision to head the
premier institution on film studies.
The students allege that the decision of appointing Chauhan is "politically motivated".