Former Finance Minister and a top BJP leader, Arun Jaitley passes away at 66. He had been undergoing treatment at AIIMS since 9th August after he was admitted with complaints of uneasiness, weakness and breathlessness.
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In 2018, Arun Jaitley underwent a kidney transplant surgery, after which he was put in isolation. Several key leaders had visited the ailing minister when he was in the hospital.
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Jaitley held the Finance and Defence portfolios and was a crucial member of PM Modi’s Cabinet during the first term of the BJP government.
He did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections because of his ill-health.
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