Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh who was is in hospital due to illness, has passed away today. The 67-year-old minister, diagnosed with liver cancer, was flown to Chennai by an air ambulance last Tuesday. Deshmukh was to receive a liver from a school van driver who was brought brain dead to the hospital. NNIS takes a look at the journey of this veteran Congress leader who is regarded as a pillar in Congress politics of Maharashtra.