The press release states: Aseemanand told Caravan that Bhagwat said of the violence, 'It is very important that it be done. But you should not link it to the Sangh.'   

It adds that a list of questions was sent to Bhagwat, but he had not responded at press time. The latest issue of the magazine carries Aseemanand's interview.  

The press release offers this extract from the interview: 'Aseemanand told me about a meeting that allegedly took place, in July 2005. After an RSS conclave in Surat, senior Sangh leaders including Bhagwat and Indresh Kumar, who is now on the organisation's powerful seven-member national executive council, travelled to a temple in the Dangs, Gujarat, where Aseemanand was living -- a two-hour drive. In a tent pitched by a river several kilometres away from the temple, Bhagwat and Kumar met with Aseemanand and his accomplice Sunil Joshi. Joshi informed Bhagwat of a plan to bomb several Muslim targets around India. According to Aseemanand, both RSS leaders approved, and Bhagwat told him, 'You can work on this with Sunil. We will not be involved, but if you are doing this, you can consider us to be with you'.'