After receiving calls from mid-day on Sunday afternoon enquiring whether the vice-chancellor of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV), Dr Deepak Tilak, was compelling teaching and non-teaching staff to participate in his son Rohit Tilak’s political campaign yesterday, the TMV management sent a fresh message to the staff, informing them that being part of Rohit’s road show was not mandatory.

Rohit Tilak, the Congresss candidate from Kasba

mid-day had reported on the issue yesterday (‘Lokmanya Tilak’s grandson misusing varsity resources for political gain?’). Deepak Tilak is the grandson of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Rohit, the Congress candidate from Kasba constituency, is the freedom fighter’s great-grandson.