FTII students stage protest on Tuesday
Pune: FTII students staged a protest outside the main gate of the campus on Tuesday, expressing solidarity with students of SRFTI, Kolkata, who have been on an indefinite strike since Oct 12 outside their vice-chancellor’s office.
“As the protests progressed, the administrative building that houses the only water filter is closed after 7 pm on weekdays and entirely on weekends. On Oct 16, we got a notice stating that the institute will be closed till Nov 13, announcing the closure of mess and canteen and asking us to vacate the hostels. An SRFTI statement about the Oct 4 incident states that the institute has filed a formal complaint with the authorities concerned and is taking necessary measures to strengthen campus security and ensure the well-being of the SRFTI community.
The students were rusticated for specific acts of misconduct, including vandalism, defacement, and physical assault—not peaceful protest, a claim disputed by the students, according to the SRFTI administration’s official notification. “The Institute upholds the right to peaceful dissent while ensuring accountability under its rules,” added the post. We are opposing all these arm twisting tactics by the administration to quell our right to protest,” said Malavika, a student.
The allegations of vandalism of VC’s office and misconduct by students is completely false.