PM 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.
Former Union finance minister and BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley passed away at Delhi’s AIIMS on Saturday. He was 66. Jaitley was admitted on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) had not issued any bulletin on Jaitley s health condition since August 10.
Arun Jaitley did his schooling at St. Xavier’s School, New Delhi from 1960-69 and did his graduation in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi in 1973.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday evening turned emotional as he paid tribute to former finance minister Arun Jaitley, who passed away at the AIIMS in Delhi earlier in the day.
Shock and sorrow engulfed the political corridor of India as former Union minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday breathed his last at AIIMS, Delhi, ending an era of immeasurable importance in the Ministry of Finance.