FTII Students end Hunger Strike after Govt fixes Meeting for Sept 29

The agitating FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) students, have called off their hunger strike after the I&B Ministry fixed September 29 for a final discussion with them. The meeting will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, September 29.

The students, who have on an indefinite strike for the last 105 days, protesting against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the FTII Chairman, had agreed to call off their hunger strike if the government agrees to listen to them.

Recently, the SM Khan Committee report submitted to the I&B Ministry, had blamed the students and faculty for the delay in the 2008 batch assessment, which is yet to be done even after 5 years. The report also justified FTII Director Prashant Pathrabe’s action in lodging a police complaint against some students, who gheraoed him over the same at midnight.