He also served as Minister for Sports, Youth Welfar and Protocol. Diliprao is younger brother of Union Minister of Heavy Industries, Vilasrao Deshmukh; Mr Deshmukh's induction filled the one vacant post from Congress' quota of Ministers. While Mr Rane was angling for his trusted lieutenant Kalidas Kolambkar and Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh for his younger brother, former Maharashtra Congress Pradesh Committee president Govindrao Adik was also trying to get a berth in the Cabinet through this post. Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh has also pointed out that Mr Chavan was the only Minister from Marathwada region. He went on to remind Mr Chavan that during his tenure as the Chief Minister there were two Congress Ministers from the region--he himself and Mr Chavan.

Political career

He started his political career from Babhalgaon, Latur as a Sarpanch. Then he became Vice Chairman of Latur Market Committee, President of Latur Zilla Parishad, Chairman of Latur District Central Co-Operative Bank.

In the year 1999-2000 he was elected as M.L.C from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Constituency and later joined as Minister of State for Finance & Planning in February 2003. In 2000, Deshmukh became Vice Chairman of Maharashtra State Co-Operative Bank.

In March 2009, Deshmukh became Minister for Relief & Rehabilitation, Sports, Youth Welfare & Protocol. He is the president of Manjara Charitable Trust Latur, a charitable voluntary organization which runs many schools, colleges in Latur & Mumbai, some of them are Sushiladevi Deshmukh College Latur, Manjara Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital Latur, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

Minister Rehabilitation and Relief Work, Sports, Youth Welfare & Protocol Government of Maharashtra
1 March 2009 – 8 December 2009

Minister of State for Finance & Planning
Born 18 April 1950 (1950-04-18) (age 59)
Latur
Citizenship : Indian
Nationality : Indian
Ethnicity : Maharashtrian
Political party : Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) : Suvarna Deshmukh
Children : 1 daughter
Residence : Aashiyana Sarawati Colony,Latur 413512
Occupation : Politician, Businessman
Religion : Hindu