Two members of the Censor Board of Film Certification(CBFC) Ashoke Pandit and Chandraprakesh Diwedi have leveled serious charges of autocratic functioning against the CBFC's chairperson Pahlaj Nihalani.

One of the CBFC board members Ashoke Pandit has levelled some very serious charges against you. Do you think it was right for Pandit to go public with his grievances?

I can't comment on what someone in the censor board thinks to be right or wrong.AllI can tell you very categorically is that I've been working within the I&B and CBFC's guidelines. Maybe so far the censor board has been functioning in a different way. And some people don't like the fact that I've restored discipline and transparency in the workings of the CBFC.

The protesters in the CBFC say your style of working is tyrannical?

It's my duty to do my job to the best of my abilities. As long as I am the chairperson of the CBFC I won't compromise on my work and I won't buckle under pressure just because some people are uncomfortable with my way of working.

Do you think it was right of CBFC board members to go public with their grievances?

I don't want to comment on any individual. But if anyone chooses to go public with grievances against a governmental organization, he or she is working against the interests of the government. It's therefore ethically and legally wrong of them.

Has the I & B minister Rajyavadhan Rathore been informed the revolt within the censor board?

If I answer that I'd be doing exactly what these other board members are doing. Let me just say the Minister is a very smart and an intelligent person. He knows exactly what people are doing and those who are going against the guidelines are definitely brought to his notice.