After being condemned for throwing a show at BR Gavai, India's second Dalit CJI, the 71-year-old accused advocate Rakesh Kishore said, "He [CJI Gavai] is not a Dalit." "It is one-sided that you are taking advantage of the fact that he is a Dalit," he said, before dismissing his Dalit identity. CJI Gavai renounced Hinduism and accepted Buddhism, Kishore added.