Guwahati: Students of the lone government run Regional Film and Television Institute here are on a strike demanding permanent campus, modern equipment for their academic courses and a permanent director.
RFTI Students Union president Bipul Deka and general secretary Rukmojit Barua today said despite repeated requests, the government had ‘failed’ to fulfil their demands. The institute, now functioning from the Jyoti Chitraban studio grounds here, did not have permanent campus, nor a director nor faculty leading to deterioration of its academic atmosphere, Deka said. Boycotting classes since Friday, the students had locked up faculty rooms and when the locks were broken open on Tuesday by the Institute authorities, students held a sit-in demonstration with black bands tied around their mouth. (PTI)
