FTII row: 20 students detained during protest against Gajendra Chauhan

2019-03-02 1

At least 20 students of the Film and Television of India (FTII) detained by police on Thursday morning while protesting against TV actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan, who is expected to take charge as FTII chairman. The students were protesting outside the FTII campus in Pune and raising slogans against Gajendra Chauhan. The police lathicharged the agitating students and detained 20 pupils. Seven months after his controversial appointment, Gajendra Chauhan is set to take charge as FTII chairman. The first meeting of the Film and Television of India (FTII) Society headed by Gajendra Chauhan is to be held today at the FTII campus and will be attended by among others Anagha Ghaisas, Rahul Solapurkar, Shailesh Gupta and Narendra Pathak –the members whose appointments have been objected to by the FTII Students Association (FSA) for being political and allegedly lacking in merit and stature for the post.

For More information on this news visit: http://www.newsx.com/
Connect with us on Social platform at: http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive