FTII issue: Our students are not criminals Modiji says Rahul Gandhi

Rahul had already shown his support for the FTII students’ cause by personally visiting the university, interacting with the students and siding with their demands.

on Thursday Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi stepped up his attack on the government on the FTII issue and led a delegation of party leaders to submit a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee.

The Congress has been backing the protests against Gajendra Chauhan’s appointment at the premier institution.

The memorandum, signed by Rahul Gandhi along with several other party leaders, called the situation at FTII “emblematic of a disturbing trend in institutional appointments”.

“In the last year, several appointments to institutes of higher education and culture have come under scrutiny and controversy because of individuals concerned were not selected for excellence in their respective fields, but because they were partisan to a particular world view,” the memorandum said.

Talking to reporters, Gandhi said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was “controlling the education system” in the country.

“(Congress leader) Mani Shankar Aiyar said the most powerful thing India has is its soft power and it is about creativity in institutions like Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and other institutions like the universities in Maharashtra and Delhi.

“This creativity is being crushed by the RSS’ desire to control the education system in this country,” Rahul Gandhi told the media after meeting President Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

“They have already destroyed the education system in Madhya Pradesh with the Vyapam scam. We are not going to allow them to destroy these institutions,” the Congress leader said.

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