The allegation of the plot was made by the Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Jitendra Awhad in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Thursday.

However, Patil denied that he had concurred with Awhad’s claim that the ultras of the two organizations had plotted to kill Bhagwat and said that he only said that the ultras were only discussing the use of the chemical powder during their telephonic conversation.

“Where is the evidence to prove that we planned to eliminate Bhagwat? On the contrary we have the highest respect for Bhagwat. All these allegations are being made to just create a controversy for gaining votes in the forthcoming civic polls to the Aurangabad and Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and Awhad had intentionally made these allegations and we would be filing a defamation suit against him,” said Himani Savarkar, president of the Abhinav Bharat organization.

Milind Joshirao, spokesperson of Abhinav Bharat alleged that the Congress and NCP legislators raised such controversies whenever the hearing on the bail applications of the Malegaon blasts accused, many of them members of his organization, was to come up in the court.

Hemant Shinde, the leader of the Sanathan Sanstha, rubbished Awhad’s allegations that the two Hindu ultra organizations had links with the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and said that Awhad or the state government should make public any evidence they have or publicly apologize for the baseless allegations.

Meanwhile Patil said that the Maharashtra government has asked forensic experts to probe into the existence of the ‘killer powder’ that was mentioned in the wiretapped telephonic conversations between the members of the Abhinav Bharat organization.

The ‘killer powder’ is placed in the footwear and any person wearing it could be killed when he wears the footwear. It was claimed by the members of the organization in the conversation that the ‘killer powder’ was unique and it’s chemical composition would even baffle forensic experts who would not be able to trace it during post-mortem examination.

Patil said that if such a chemical killer powder existed then it was a matter of serious concern and we have asked forensic experts to find out whether such a chemical substance existed. And if it does exist, then the government would do all in its power to take counter measures in this matter, he said.