Jharkhand Urban Development Minister C P Singh said Swami Agnivesh "is a fraud" and he conspired to get himself attacked. "Agnivesh is a fraud. I know him for the last 40 years. No Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) worker was involved in the thrashing. He conspired to get himself thrashed," Singh said.

He alleged that Agnivesh used foreign funding to create unrest in the country. The Jharkhand assembly on Wednesday witnessed disruption over the attack on Agnivesh. Leader of Opposition Hemant Soren said, "The incident has taken place at the instruction of the state government. The state government had prior information regarding the thrashing by BJYM workers."