India, March 31 -- A month after filmmaker Anand Patwardhan was stopped from entering the campus, the University of Mumbai has again drawn criticism after denying entry to Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, on Sunday.

Tushar Gandhi had come to the university's Vidyanagari campus to meet Bhadant Vimansa, 52, formerly known as Rajesh Bankhande, a former MU research student who has since become a Buddhist monk. Vimamsa has been on a hunger strike for over 220 days to press for various academic demands. Gandhi had travelled to Mumbai to extend his support to the protest.

However, security guards stationed at the main entrance stopped him from entering the campus, citing instructions from the university administration and s...