His son Kiran Ravindra Gaikwad lost the Zilla parishad Osmanabad election from kunhali constituency.
[4][5] On 23 March 2017, while travelling to Delhi from Pune, he was accused of hitting an Air India staff with his shoe 25 times and attempting to throw him out of the plane.
[7][8] The incident happened when the Air India flight AI852 from Pune reached Delhi around 10.30 a.m. on March 23, 2017.
[10][11] In April 2017, Ravindra Gaikwad and his supporters were booked for unlawful assembly, misbehaviour and causing disorder at a public place following an incident in Latur, Maharashtra, where he allegedly behaved rudely with police officials, staged an agitation and shouted slogans.
He expressed concerns about lack of availability of cash despite significant passage of time after demonetization.