BJP veteran Jaitley passes away
President, PM, political leaders condole stalwart’s demise
25/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
Former Union Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley passed away on Saturday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at 12.07 p.m. He was 66 and is survived by wife and two children.
Mr. Jaitley had been admitted on August 9 with complaints of uneasiness and breathlessness and was under the care of a multi-disciplinary team of senior doctors. He was put on prolonged cardiac and respiratory support after his condition deteriorated days after he was admitted.
In a statement, AIIMS said: “It is with profound grief that we inform about the sad demise of Arun Jaitley, former Finance Minister of Government of India, at 12.07 p.m. on August 24.”
The former Minister had been unwell for a larger part of the past two years. In 2014, he underwent a bariatric surgery to correct the weight he had gained because of a long-standing diabetic condition. In 2018, he underwent a kidney transplant surgery at AIIMS. Earlier this year, in January, he was diagnosed with a rare form of soft tissue sarcoma, a form of cancer.
Later in the afternoon, Mr. Jaitley’s mortal remains were shifted to his Kailash Colony residence where several leaders, including BJP president Amit Shah, Union Ministers Harsh Vardhan and Jitendra Singh and party working president J.P. Nadda, offered floral tributes.
Mr. Jaitley will be cremated on Sunday afternoon at the Nigambodh Ghat, BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal said.
‘Valuable friend’
In a tribute to Mr. Jaitley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described him as a “valued friend” whose insights and nuanced understanding of matters had “very few parallels”. Mr. Modi, who is in the UAE on an official tour, said the former Finance Minister was full of life, blessed with wit, a great sense of humour and charisma.
In a series of tweets, Mr. Modi said Mr. Jaitley was admired by people across all sections of society, adding that he was multi-faceted, and had impeccable knowledge of India’s Constitution, history, public policy, governance and administration. “With the demise of Arun Jaitley Ji, I have lost a valued friend, whom I have had the honour of knowing for decades,” Mr. Modi said.
The BJP lost several of its leaders, including former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Union Minister Ananth Kumar, in the past one year. Mr. Jaitley died 18 days after Sushma Swaraj.
Arun Jaitley 1952-2019
President, PM, political leaders condole stalwart’s demise
25/08/2019, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
Former Union Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley passed away on Saturday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at 12.07 p.m. He was 66 and is survived by wife and two children.
Mr. Jaitley had been admitted on August 9 with complaints of uneasiness and breathlessness and was under the care of a multi-disciplinary team of senior doctors. He was put on prolonged cardiac and respiratory support after his condition deteriorated days after he was admitted.
In a statement, AIIMS said: “It is with profound grief that we inform about the sad demise of Arun Jaitley, former Finance Minister of Government of India, at 12.07 p.m. on August 24.”
The former Minister had been unwell for a larger part of the past two years. In 2014, he underwent a bariatric surgery to correct the weight he had gained because of a long-standing diabetic condition. In 2018, he underwent a kidney transplant surgery at AIIMS. Earlier this year, in January, he was diagnosed with a rare form of soft tissue sarcoma, a form of cancer.
Later in the afternoon, Mr. Jaitley’s mortal remains were shifted to his Kailash Colony residence where several leaders, including BJP president Amit Shah, Union Ministers Harsh Vardhan and Jitendra Singh and party working president J.P. Nadda, offered floral tributes.
Mr. Jaitley will be cremated on Sunday afternoon at the Nigambodh Ghat, BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal said.
‘Valuable friend’
In a tribute to Mr. Jaitley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described him as a “valued friend” whose insights and nuanced understanding of matters had “very few parallels”. Mr. Modi, who is in the UAE on an official tour, said the former Finance Minister was full of life, blessed with wit, a great sense of humour and charisma.
In a series of tweets, Mr. Modi said Mr. Jaitley was admired by people across all sections of society, adding that he was multi-faceted, and had impeccable knowledge of India’s Constitution, history, public policy, governance and administration. “With the demise of Arun Jaitley Ji, I have lost a valued friend, whom I have had the honour of knowing for decades,” Mr. Modi said.
The BJP lost several of its leaders, including former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Union Minister Ananth Kumar, in the past one year. Mr. Jaitley died 18 days after Sushma Swaraj.
Arun Jaitley 1952-2019
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