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Arun Jaitley (1952-2019)

Former Union Minister Arun Jaitley dies at 66

He had been on life support for over two weeks now.

August 24, 2019 12:55 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 11:52 pm IST - NEW DELHI

Arun Jaitley. File

Arun Jaitley. File

Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley passed away at 12.07 p.m. on August 24, 2019, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi where he was admitted since August 9. He was 66.

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The Minister was brought here after he complained of breathlessness and uneasiness. He had been on life support for over two weeks now.

In May 2019 too, Mr. Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS for treatment. He had undergone a renal transplant on May 14, 2018 at AIIMS with Railways Minister Piyush Goyal filling in for him in the Finance Ministry at that time.

 

Several prominent leaders including President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Jitendra Singh, Ram Vilas Paswan and Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leaders Abhishek Singhvi and Jyotiraditya Scindia and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had visited the hospital in recent days to enquire about Mr. Jaitley’s health and meet his family members.

Mr. Jaitley’s body will be cremated at the Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on Sunday, August 25, 2019.

Mr. Jaitley did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election, presumably because of his ill-health.

 

In May 2019, Mr. Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS for treatment. He had  undergone a renal transplant  on May 14, 2018 at AIIMS with Railways Minister Piyush Goyal filling in for him in the Finance Ministry at that time.

Mr. Jaitley, who had stopped attending office since early April 2018, was back in the Finance Ministry on August 23, 2018. In September 2014, he  underwent bariatric surgery .

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