Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was ailing and in hospital at the time he had allegedly met police officer Sachin Vaze and discussed an extortion racket, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sahrad Pawar said today, ruling out the possibility off his resignation. Addressing the media amid a political storm over former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh's corruption allegations against the home minister, Mr Pawar said, "Anil Deshmukh was in hospital during that period. So it such situation question does not arise about the resignation".
