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Aditya Thackeray mobilises cadre after complaints of poor representation of Sena in the novel, gets Such A Long Journey dropped from SYBA syllabus


Earlier this month, Aditya, 20, grandson of Balasaheb Thackeray, finally fulfilled the fourth criterion and took the first step towards fulfilling his destiny.

Following complaints from some BA students about �anti-Shiv Sena passages� in Rohinton Mistry�s 1990 Booker-nominated novel, Such A Long Journey, Aditya convened a meeting of the students wing of his party at Sena Bhavan, and upon his suggestion the Bhartiya Vidyarthi Sena (BVS) launched a protest.

Copies of the novel were burnt and a 24-hour notice was given to vice chancellor Dr Rajan Welukar to drop the novel from the second year syllabus.

The very next day the university cravenly bowed down to this demand and issued notices to all colleges dropping the novel from the syllabus, regardless of the fact that it was mid-term, and papers for the first semester were being set.