Pune: The FTII Students' Association (FSA) today sought resignation of the censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani for his "plan" to make a film showing them as "anti-national".
In a statement here, FSA said Nihalani had "a plan to make a film showing FTII students and alumni as anti-national". The students have urged the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore to seek Nihalani's resignation, as the chief of Central Board of Film
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Further, the students' body also demanded removal of Nihalani from the FTII Society along with its chairman, actor Gajendra Chauhan. FSA today alleged that even 20 days after it called off the strike, the government has not shown any inclination to reconsider the political appointments to FTII Society, and therefore the students, as stated earlier, would continue with their protest on all available platforms.
On October 28, FTII students have ended their hunger strike but said that they will continue the protest in a democratic way. The 139 days long protest was against the appointment of Chauhan as the chairman. The students have also announced that they will be returning to classes but will not engage in any talks with government officials.
They had several consultations with the Information and Broadcasting minister to resolve the matter but now they alleged that the government has done nothing to meet their demand.
During the FTII protest, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy called the students as Naxalites, which drew severe criticism from political fraternity. He wrote, "FII Naxalite students have abjectly surrendered in the face of our tough policy that students must study and have no veto on Chairman appt(sic)".
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