Panaji, Nov 27 (TOI): Declaring solidarity with students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), members of the film fraternity and "well-wishers of Indian cinema" have written to the Union ministry of information and broadcasting.
The letter, addressed to Union information and broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley, minister of state for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore, expresses serious concern over the recent events at Iffi and the way the "institute's students continue to be treated by the Union ministry of information and broadcasting and its various departments". The imposition of Section 144 around the festival venue has also been criticized in the letter. The letter also objected to the scrapping of the student package of films at Iffi.