Avinash Patil, State Executive President of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti, talks to Newsclick about the essence and importance of scientific temper at a time when the right-wing forces have brainwashed the masses with religious and superstitious rhetoric. He goes on to comment on the nature of the killings of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, MM Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh, allegedly by the Sanathan Sanstha.