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Vilasrao Deshmukh was an affable man, always with a smile. When he spoke in public, it was extempore and he had the knack of carrying the house with him. If the audience did not laugh at least thrice in the course of a speech, then it was someone else speaking. Speaking without a prepared text allowed him the freedom to cover the sharp, biting observations with chocolate fudge. He covered quite some distance as a politician - from the sarpanch of Bhabalgaon, a village in Latur, to the chief minister of Maharashtra to a senior minister manning important portfolios at the Centre. It was a distance far bigger than the his farmland at Latur, which he oversaw riding horseback. He had panache. He knew how to dress well much before the 24x7 news television forced many to rush to designers. His suavity was remarkable. But he could spring nasty surprises too, such as quitting the Congress, seeking support of the Shiv Sena to re-enter active politics as a Legislative Council member. [caption id=attachment_418044 align=alignleft width=380 Vilasrao Deshmukh was an affable ma
Maratha strongman Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, has died in Chennai as a result of kidney and liver failure. Deshmukh had taken ill and was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai. On 7 August, Deshmukh was pronounced critical and was airlifted to Chennai and admitted to the Global Health City super-specialty hospital where he was to undergo a liver transplant. He was 67.[caption id=attachment_408874 align=alignleft width=380 Maratha strongman Vilasrao Deshmukh
Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who is in critical condition in a Chennai hospital, is reportedly likely to get the liver and kidney from a driver who was killed in a road accident. The minister, who has been in critical condition since being shifted to Chennai on 7 August, has been allocated the organs of the 31-year-old driver, who was declared brain dead at the Government General Hospital in Chennai on Monday morning, a href=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vilasrao-awaits-liver-kidney-from-driver/articleshow/15485359.cmsa emTimes of India/em report stated/a. [caption id=attachment_417164 align=alignleft width=380 Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, w
Supporters of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare hold placards with portraits of former ministers Virbhadra Singh, left, Vilasrao Deshmukh, second from left, and P. Chidambaram, right, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a protest at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, July 28, 2012. Three followers of Hazare said they would continue their fast indefinitely to pressure the government into passing a strong law against corruption. Placards read: Supporters of India's anti-corrupti
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Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today deposed before the two-member judicial panel set up by the Maharashtra government to look into the Adarsh housing society scam. Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to