Kamala Gavai, Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai’s mother, on Wednesday (October 1, 2025) said she would not attend a centenary program of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Maharashtra’s Amravati on October 5.
She decided not to attend the programme as chief guest in view of the controversy the news generated and the accusations and slander she faced, she said in an open letter.
Some people invited her to the October 5 programme; and as she harbours good wishes for everyone, she welcomes everyone, Kamala Gavai (84) said.
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"(But) As soon as the news of the programme was published, many people started criticizing and levelling allegations at not only me but late Dadasaheb Gavai (her husband, former Bihar Governor R S Gavai). We have lived our lives as per (Dr B R) Ambedkar's ideology, while Dadasaheb Gavai dedicated his life to the Ambedkarite movement. Sharing our ideology on the platform of different ideology is also important, which needs courage," she wrote in the letter.
