Aug 24, 2019

Ex-finance minister Arun Jaitley passes away at 66




Former Union Minister, ex-finance minister and BJP’s stalwart Arun Jaitley died on August 24, 2019 after a period of illness. He was 66. Jaitley, who has been running unwell for a long time, breathed his last at AIIMS Hospital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, BJP President and Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress party's Sonia Gandhi were among a gamut of leaders who expressed their grief and offered condolences to the bereaved family.

Source: PIB
From August 9, Jaitley was admitted to the All India Medical Sciences Institute (AIIMS) in New Delhi and handled by a multidisciplinary team of senior physicians.

Jaitley was a Politician, Lawyer, Cricket administrator, Raconteur and the Quintessential Delhi insider. He was the man who articulated the party line best, in both Hindi and English, the rather affable public face of the party.

Under the Modi government, he held as many portfolios including finance, defence, corporate affairs and information and broadcasting, although he lost the only Lok Sabha poll he ever contested, from Amristar, in 2014. As Finance Minister, his achievements include the implementation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. He was also at the helm when the controversial decision to demonetise high value currency notes was taken in November 2016.

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Journey At A Glance:
  • He was graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce of Delhi University in 1973.
  • In 1975, he was detained for 19 months in Tihar jail during emergency.
  • He joined the BJP in 1980, later rose to head of the youth wing as its president.
  • In 1989, he was appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India.
  • He got membership into the National Executive of the BJP in 1991.
  • He was the Minister of Law and Justice and Company Affairs in the Vajpayee government in 2000.
  • He appointed as General Secretary of the BJP in 2002.
  • Again, in 2003 became the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Law & Justice in the Vajpayee government.
  • Became the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha in 2009.
  • In 2014, he appointed as Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs.
  • Due to health issues he opted out of Modi’s  cabinet in 2019.



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