[7][5][10] Its program, elaborated in a monograph by Garšva,[11] is based on the theory that the big part of the Poles in Lithuania are in fact descendants of Polonized Lithuanians and Belarusians.
To achieve that, organization proposed that they should be forcibly assimilated by removing any trace of Polish textbooks, teachers, symbols and traditions.
[1] The organization's goal is also to counter perceived growing Polish influence in Lithuania, which Vilnija sees as a threat to that nation.
[17][18] Vilnija often voices concern about the situation of Lithuanian schools in the areas of Polish minority.
[23] During the 1980s and 1990s, the organization's most prominent activists were scientists Zigmas Zinkevičius and Alvydas Butkus [lt], according to Polish historian Barbara Jundo-Kaliszewska.