RSS mouthpiece Organiser has deprecated the agitation by FTII students for removal of the newly appointed chief of the institute Gajendra Chouhan, saying the actor was being targeted for the “ideology he subscribes”, days after it termed the protesters as “anti-Hindu”.
The article, while defending the government’s right to make appointments, says Chauhan deserves an opportunity to prove his credentials rather than being dismissed without a chance.
“More than anything else, Gajendra Chauhan is being targeted for the ideology he subscribes. “In this country, everyone has an inalienable right under the Constitution to hold an opinion and subscribe to any ideology right, left, centrist, Congress, an alien one and so on as long as it does not militate against the interests of the nation,” it said, recalling Chauhan’s “stellar performance” as Yudhishtir in the epic serial ‘Mahabharat’.