R S Gavai: Father of CJI-Designate B R Gavai, Ambedkarite Icon, Ex-Governor, and Veteran Congress Leader

R S Gavai, father of CJI-designate B R Gavai, was an Ambedkarite leader, ex-MP, and Governor of Kerala and Bihar. Justice Gavai has acknowledged his father’s decades-long association with the Congress party in public statements.