After BJP leader Amit Malviya contradicted claims of NCP leader Sharad Pawar who said that Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was in the hospital on February 15, Deshmukh on March 22 himself clarified after he was discharged from the hospital on February 15, he briefly communicated with media persons outside the hospital.

“A few journalists were waiting for me at the hospital gate after I got discharged on 15th February. I was feeling low and weak so I sat on the chair there and responded to their questions. Then I went straight to my car and went home,” he said.