He was not willing to speak to media but said on his 'Twitter' handle, "My resignation is my statement".Another IFFI jury member Apurva Asrani resigned on Tuesday. The ministry of information and broadcasting dropped it while announcing the list.Sanal Kumar said the ministry's act was "depressing, unprecedented" and has never happened anywhere. The jury members have said the list announced by the ministry was not sent by them and what they saw was a different one. This is a decision that all representatives of the selected films need to take collectively so that the message is loud and clear. "Actor Jitendra Joshi who has acted in 'Ventilator' said, "I shall not show up at the festival if the two films are being dropped from to the line-up."

Source: Times of India November 14, 2017 23:26 UTC