Time and again, Anna Hazare has denied any association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). But irrefutable evidence has now emerged that the anti-graft crusader interacted often with a revered ideologue of the Hindutva outfit. Anna had visited Gonda in 1984 on the request of respected RSS leader, the late Nanaji Deshmukh, and spent three days with him to understand the latter's village development model.