Former Maharashtra chief minister and Union minister for science and technology, Vilasrao Deshmukh passed away on Tuesday, after succumbing to liver cancer. He breathed his last at the Global Health City hospital in Chennai. Bollywood celebs took to Twitter today to offer their condolences and here’s what they said.
Akshay Kumar: ''The man who had Mumbai's Shanghai dream is no more. RIP Vilasrao Deshmukh ji, a visionary and the father of my dear friend @Riteishd. May God give you strength.''
Bipasha Basu: ''RIP Vilasrao Deshmukh Sir!Strength To you @Riteishd and family!Extremely sad news!''
Dia Mirza: This is just so sad... My heart goes out to the entire Deshmukh family...#RIPVilasraoDeshmukhji
Madhuri Dixit: ''Sorry to hear that Vilasrao Deshmukh has passed away. Our condolences go out to his family.''
Karan Johar: ''RIP VILASRAO SIR....thoughts and prayers with the family....love u riteish.....all the strength....and all the courage....''
Farah Khan: Ritesh my deepest condolences..
Shabana Azmi: ''Vilasrao Deshmukh no more.Too young to die.as CM he gave Nivara a lot of support for our slum rehabilitation project Condolences 2 d family''
Ayesha Takia: ''Sad sad day,RIP Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh.''
Raveena Tandon: ''Rest In Peace Vilasrao Deshmukh.Condolences to the bereaved family,@Riteishd &@geneliad ,words cannot express the shock nd grief we feeling.''
Shreyas Talpade: ''RIP Vilasraoji. May God give strength to the family to overcome this grief.''
Sherlyn Chopra: May Mr.Deshmukh's soul rest in peace..Heartfelt condolences to the Deshmukh family...Hard to believe that Vilasrao Sir is no more with us...
Kamal R Khan: Deshmukh ji. He was one of the best n honest politician in India. We will always miss you sir. You will be alive in our hearts.
Ken Ghosh: ''Prayers for Vilasrao Deshmukh strength to the family @Riteishd@geneliad''
Kumar S.Taurani: ''So sorry @geneliad Heartfelt condolences to the deshmukh family, may Vilasraoji's soul rest in peace. May god give strength to the family.''
Siddharth: ''Deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh. Praying they find the strength to face this terrible loss…''
Ranvir Shorey: ''RIP Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh. Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.''
Celina Jaitly: ''Heartfelt Condolences dear @Riteishd and the entire Deshmukh family..prayers and strength to you.''
Sophie Choudhary: ''R.I.P Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh. Heartfelt condolences to @Riteishd & the entire family. I pray God gives them strength to bear this grt loss''
Jiah Khan: ''RIP Mr Deshmukh..my sincere condolences to @Riteishd and his family..''
