Live: Rahul Gandhi backs FTII students

Rahul Gandhi interacting with FTII students in Pune on Friday. Photo Courtesty: Official Twitter handle of Rahul Gandhi

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune in support of the students’ agitation against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its head.

Students of FTII, country’s premier film education centre, >have gone on an indefinite strike since June 12 protesting the Information & Broadcast Ministry’s surprise appointment of television actor-turned-politician Gajendra Chauhan as Chairman of the institute.

Here are the live updates:

01:00 pm: I am here because your voice is not being heard: Rahul Gandhi

12:50 pm: "If PM has decided on Gajendra Chauhan, no one in BJP can change."

12:46 pm : Why is govt. disturbed by the FTII protest, asks Mr. Gandhi.

12.44 pm: "I am here to back you" says Rahul Gandhi to FTII students.

12:42 pm If students dont want Chauhan, why is he here," asks Rahul Gandhi.

12:30 pm: A single idea of our country is being promoted and all those who disagree are being silenced, Rahul Gandhi to students.

At FTII interacting with protesting students >pic.twitter.com/Eqfpx96eNE

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) >July 31, 2015