Bharat Bachao Andolan, a loose-knit organisation, with several Leftists, Communists and others, most of who are into activism, raised a rallying cry asking the government to ban the Sanatan Sanstha (SS) and arrest its mastermind Dr Jayant Athavale. Speakers at a media conference held on Thursday afternoon at Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh at Azad Maidan said there has been, "An astounding series of events recently that have led the investigative agencies to uncover an extremely dangerous terror plot, right here in Nalasopara with its tentacles spread all across Maharashtra and with connections across many states."

No fringe
Activist Firoze Mithiborwala, slammed those seeking to play down the terror threat of SS by terming them and other dangerous Hindutva organisations as, "fringe elements." Mithiborwala felt the term "diminishes the scale and threat overall. This is no fringe because that word gives an impression that there are five persons sitting in a corner planning disruption. This is much bigger than that." Mithiborwala pointed to slain Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare's and the NIA investigations which "uncovered terror networks and arrested individuals who are members of well-known rightwing Hindutva organisations."