<p>Mumbai: Former MLA R T Jija Deshmukh died after his car skidded on the Latur-Tuljapur Road near Belkund in Ausa tehsil of Latur district of Maharashtra on Monday. </p><p>Deshmukh, popularly known as Jija Bhau, was elected as a BJP MLA from Majalgaon in Beed district in 2014.</p><p>In the accident, Deshmukh sustained serious injuries and was immediately rushed to the Sahyadri Hospital in Latur, where doctors pronounced him dead on admission. </p><p>Deshmukh was considered close to the Munde family. </p><p>“With the untimely demise of Jija Bhau, we have lost a guiding leader, and at the same time, the social and political sectors of the district have suffered a great loss,” NCP leader and former minister Dhananjay Munde said. </p><p>Dhananjay Munde said that Deshmukh has worked closely with his late uncle and former Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde and late father Pandit Anna Munde. </p><p>State Environment Minister Pankaja Munde, who was accompanying Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Nanded, rushed to Latur.</p><p>Former Minister and senior Congress leader Amit Deshmukh, the son of former Chief Minister, too condoled his death. “The news of the death of former MLA R. T. Deshmukh from Majalgaon in a horrific accident near Belkund in Latur district is extremely shocking and sad,” he said. </p><p>The exact cause of the accident is being probed. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Former MLA R T Jija Deshmukh died after his car skidded on the Latur-Tuljapur Road near Belkund in Ausa tehsil of Latur district of Maharashtra on Monday. </p><p>Deshmukh, popularly known as Jija Bhau, was elected as a BJP MLA from Majalgaon in Beed district in 2014.</p><p>In the accident, Deshmukh sustained serious injuries and was immediately rushed to the Sahyadri Hospital in Latur, where doctors pronounced him dead on admission. </p><p>Deshmukh was considered close to the Munde family. </p><p>“With the untimely demise of Jija Bhau, we have lost a guiding leader, and at the same time, the social and political sectors of the district have suffered a great loss,” NCP leader and former minister Dhananjay Munde said. </p><p>Dhananjay Munde said that Deshmukh has worked closely with his late uncle and former Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde and late father Pandit Anna Munde. </p><p>State Environment Minister Pankaja Munde, who was accompanying Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Nanded, rushed to Latur.</p><p>Former Minister and senior Congress leader Amit Deshmukh, the son of former Chief Minister, too condoled his death. “The news of the death of former MLA R. T. Deshmukh from Majalgaon in a horrific accident near Belkund in Latur district is extremely shocking and sad,” he said. </p><p>The exact cause of the accident is being probed. </p>