Named by CAG, Deshmukh in opposition's line of fire

Calls for Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's resignation got shriller on Thursday as the BJP and Shiv Sena cited the Supreme Court's criticism of his land allotment to Subhash Ghai and a yet-to-be-tabled CAG report naming him in several murky land deals in Mumbai. "Deshmukh has no moral authority to continue in office. He should step down immediately. If he does not resign, the PM should remove him," BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman said in Delhi. 

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