A vehement critic of the existing regime – who cites Rahul Gandhi as his ‘inspiration’ – Gokhale can usually be observed sharing legal documents or fighting supporters of the existing dispensation.
Recently, soon after Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari wrote to state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh relating to journalist Arnab Goswami’s welfare in prison, he filed an RTI asking how numerous letters has Governor written to the state government relating to welfare of below-trials considering that he took workplace.
Gokhale had filed an RTI looking for this details. And the RTI response confirmed, “no such letters were sent by governor to the state government regarding the welfare of under-trials since he took office”.
Gokhale, a former foreign correspondent at Financial Times, quit journalism a 2 years ago to perform for the public. He is the son of former Mumbai police senior Inspector Suhas Gokhale.