‘Time to take decision’, Riteish Deshmukh tells brother Amit
10 months ago

‘Time to take decision’, Riteish Deshmukh tells brother Amit

Live Mint  

Bollywood actor-producer Riteish Deshmukh has told his brother and Congress legislator Amit Deshmukh that ”time has come for him to take a decision”, amid speculation that he may be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party just like former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. Amit has, however, denied any such plans “Time has come for you to take a decision…Latur has many expectations from you, but Maharahstra too has many expectations,” Ritesh Deshmukh was heard telling his brother as he concluded his speech during the inauguration of a statue of his father and and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in Latur, Maharashtra. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Nana Patole, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat, among others were present on the occasion. While former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan joined the BJP, another former Congress leader Baba Siddique joined the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party and Milind Deora joined Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena.

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