Union minister, former Maharashtra CM and father of Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh, Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was suffering from a serious liver ailment, passed away on Tuesday at a hospital, in Chennai.

Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day after the news of Sr. Deshmukh's passing away came in.

Earlier, an attempt to harvest liver from a brain dead donor from a government hospital had proved futile as the man died before doctors could operate on him on Tuesday night.

The 67-year-old former Maharashtra chief minister had shown signs of improvement and been on and off the ventilator, before being prepared for a transplant, confirmed the sources.

On this sad occassion, the twitterati comment:

"RIP Vilasrao 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" - Kamaal R. Khan

"This is just so sad... My heart goes out to the entire Deshmukh family... #RIPVilasraoDeshmukhji" - Dia Mirza

"RIP Vilasrao Deshmukh" - Taran Adarsh

"Very sorry to hear about the sad passing away of Vilasrao Deshmukh. He was an outstanding leader and a friend" - Vijay Mallya