Vijayapura: Former Minister Vimalabai Deshmukh passed away early this morning at her house in Vijayapura. She was the Women and Child Welfare Minister in the J.H. Patel Cabinet. After her husband’s death, she won the Assembly elections from Muddebihal in 1994 by defeating C.S. Nadagowda – the incumbent legislator and Minister. She lost the consecutive…