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Given a BJP party ticket from Katol, Deshmukh defeated his uncle Anil who is from the Nationalist Congress Party and a former state cabinet minister. His younger brother Amol is actively involved in Congress party work. NAGPUR: BJP MLA from Katol (about 65 km from Nagpur) Ashish Deshmukh on Tuesday emailed his resignation to state assembly speaker, bringing the party's tally in Maharashtra down to 121. Though Deshmukh refused to confirm in as many words, all indications are that he will join Congress, the party which his family has strong connections to. All top Congress leaders are in Sewagram (around 90kms from Nagpur) for a meeting of the Congress Working Committee Deshmukh's father, Ranjeet, is a former state Congress chief and ex-state cabinet minister..