Arun Jaitley dies at 66

Arun Jaitley dies at 66

Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister and a stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party, passed away on Saturday at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi. He was 66 years old. 

                  Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister and a stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party,    passed away on Saturday at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi. He was 66 years old.

Arun Jaitley was rushed to All India Institute of Medical Sciences on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. He was kept under observation at the Cardio-Neuro-Centre of the hospital, however, his condition kept on deteriorating.

Arun Jaitley's last rites will be performed on Sunday afternoon at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi.

Jaitley, 66, a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), stepped down as finance minister in January due to ill health, just months before elections that returned Modi's Hindu nationalists to power.

"With the demise of Arun Jaitley Ji, I have lost a valued friend, whom I have had the honour of knowing for decades," PM Modi said on Twitter. "His insight on issues and nuanced understanding of matters had very few parallels."
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               Arun Jaitley had been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the past two weeks. He died at 12.07 pm on Saturday in the hospital.

Arun Jaitely will be remembered as a distinguished political leader and an able strategist.

Jaitley, a lawyer by profession, had been a key member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet in the BJP government's first term. He held the finance and defence portfolios, and often acted as the chief troubleshooter of the government. See More