In a midnight swoop cops arrest FTII students. Twitter reactions
On August 17, police stormed the premises of FTII in Pune late at night to disperse a group of striking students who had gheraoed director Prashant Pathrabe, protesting against "irrational and unjustified" assessment of the incomplete diploma projects.
Tension prevailed in the campus as about 40 students gheraoed Pathrabe in his office on Monday evening, refusing to leave unless he gave a "rational" explanation for the ongoing assessment by the faculty of the incomplete films made by the 2008 batch.
When contacted, Pathrabe had told PTI earlier in the evening that he had been gheraoed by the students, but was "safe". A students' representative said they had "stopped" the director in his office since he had "decided to go on with unfair assessment of the incomplete film projects".
Am shocked to hear whats gng on at FTII. An internationally reputed institute being systematically destroyed by govt's wrong decisions(1/3)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 19, 2015My offer to FTII students- Del govt can provide u temp space in Del. Run ur classes here till central govt agrees(2/3)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 19, 2015If finally, central govt doesn't agree, we'll convert this place into full fledged institute n students can continue studying here only(3/3)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 19, 2015Also, it takes a special kind of idiot to compare FTII students' arrest to the attempt to arrest Baba Ramdev. Because 2 wrongs make a right?
— Brown Sahiba (@Rajyasree) August 19, 2015Either Gajendra Chauhan SERIOUSLY deserves to be the head of #FTII or this is a the government being a stubborn,egotistical old man.
— Aditi Mittal (@awryaditi) August 19, 2015BJP government is not able to solve a small problem of #FTII but people expect BJP to solve all the problems of the country. Lol!
— Kamaal R Khan-KRK (@kamaalrkhan) August 19, 2015Frankly the #FTII matter has become a clash of egos. There is no reason why the government couldn't have handled this differently.
— bhupendra chaubey (@bhupendrachaube) August 19, 2015Modi sarkar's BIG achievement at #FTII : 4 students arrested in midnight swoop @timesofindia http://t.co/ieeEjwcHzN
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) August 19, 2015It's shame for we Indians if Gajendra continues as FTII Chief.If Gajendra has any shame he should voluntarily step down.
— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) August 19, 2015Midnight arrest of FTII students harbinger of proverbial "Modi midnight knock Where dissent=arrest& even disappearance Naked Fascism at play
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) August 19, 2015Govt crackdown on #FTII similar to UPA2 reaction to Lokpal movt! Mr.Modi: repression of citizens is the beginning of the end. Do remember!
— Atishi Marlena (@AtishiMarlena) August 19, 2015Arrest of 4 FTII students causing heartburn? http://t.co/AQFFwgEast Squatting,gheraoing director,goondagiri on taxpayer money ok for some?
— Smita Barooah (@smitabarooah) August 19, 2015There was a time #FTII was considered one of the best film schools in Asia and produced some brilliant talent. What happened?
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) August 18, 2015Its shocking that the government can not find the right person with the right vision for FTII- they'd rather let it develop into this mess!
— Rajat Kapoor (@mrrajatkapoor) August 18, 2015Fascist govt must sell #FTII to private players. Pay and protest as long as you want, finish projects in 50 semesters, lock up directors...
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) August 18, 2015Never seen a govt. fall so low, so quick. Family-packs of lies being sold as achievements, while freedom is crushed daily. #JaiHind #FTII
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 18, 2015whats happening at #FTII is so unbelievable it would be a bad film, if it werent for the sorry fact that its all true #midnightcrackdown
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) August 18, 2015There's mess in FTII & govt could've justified a tough clean-up, under a credible leader. This is just a silly war over jobs for "my pals"
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) August 18, 2015Great decision by Pune police to arrest FTII miscreants. The shameless goons dont deserve to be called students!
— Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) August 18, 2015Still saying, lock down FTII, save money and headache
— Gappistan Radio (@GappistanRadio) August 18, 2015A Government that can't talk through a matter with 500 students (or less???) will resolve Border crisis and such??? #FTII
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) August 18, 2015Read more here.