FTII students stuck to their demand for revoking the appointment of Chauhan as chairman of its governing council
As the strike by the Film and Television Institute of India students entered the fifth day, the Information and Broadcasting ministry on Tuesday offered to discuss "all relevant issues" after they stuck to their demand for revoking the appointment of actor and Bharatiya Janata Party member Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of its governing council.
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About 150 students gathered on the campus on Sunday to gather support for their agitation.
On the warpath over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman, students of the premier institute on Monday threatened to launch a hunger strike for his ouster as the fast by a faculty member for "immediate resolution" of the crisis entered its third day on Monday.
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said the government was open to discussions with the agitating students but was against politicising the issue.
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