Former finance minister Arun Jaitley breathed his last on August 24, 2019. He was 66. Jaitley had been undergoing treatment at the AIIMS for several weeks. In the Vajpayee government (1998–2004), he held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice. Since 1991, he has been a member of the national executive of BJP and became the spokesperson of the saffron party during the period preceding the 1999 Lok Sabha election. From 2009 to 2014 he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He is also a senior advocate in the Supreme Court. Since 1987, he has been practicing law before the Supreme Court of India and several High Courts in the country. Early life: In 1973, Arun Jaitley graduated with a honours degree in commerce, BCom from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi. In 1977, he passed his LLB degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. At the Delhi University, Jaitley was an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) student leader and in 1974, rose to be the President of the Students Union of Delhi University. He was under preventive detention for a period of 19 months during the period of proclamation of Internal Emergency (1975–77). After getting out of jail, he joined the Jan Sangh.
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Mumbai, Jan 18: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday criticised the UPA government for “not showing statecraft” in dealing with the age row involving army chief General V K Singh.“The government should have shown some
Panaji, Jan 16 : BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that the Congress was scouting for new friends in Uttar Pradesh after its “troubled relations” with allies like the Trinamool Congress.“The Congress is weak
Chandigarh, Jan 13: Accusing the Congress of following a divisive agenda, the BJP today said that the party is facing a leadership crisis.“At the national level in over seven years, the UPA government has nothing
New Delhi, Dec 29: Opposition today slammed the Lokpal Bill saying it would lead to “constitutional havoc” as the Centre would be encouraged to “usurp” rights of states through the provision of setting up of
New Delhi, Dec 9: BJP today expressed strong disasgreement with the Parliamentary Committee report on Lokpal Bill, alleging that it has been unnecessarily made legally complex and wondered if this was an attempt to make
New Delhi, Nov 29: Much to its embarrassment, the BJP, which is vehemently opposing FDI in retail, today admitted that the 2004 election manifesto of NDA had promised to allow 26 per cent FDI in
New Delhi, Nov 27: In a rare coming up together, Opposition will seek to corner the Government in Parliament tomorrow on its decision to allow FDI in retail.A clear indication to this effect was given
Dehra Dun, Nov 3: BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a “gentle giant” who never compromised with his office.At a function marking the launch of “Samagra Atal ji”
Patna, Oct 12: Senior BJP leader L K Advani today made his younger colleagues Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj realise that at 84 years of age he may be fitter than them when the two
New Delhi, Oct 7: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley may be examined by the Delhi police as a prosecution witness to ascertain whether BJP was aware that its three MPs were approached to influence voting
Kanpur, Oct 3: BJP leader Arun Jaitley has slammed the UPA government for sending Income Tax notices to to two NGOs associated with team Anna member Kiran Bedi saying it was intolerant to criticism.Those who
Kanpur, Oct 2: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today slammed the UPA government for sending Income Tax notices to to two NGOs associated with team Anna member Kiran Bedi saying it was intolerant to criticism.Those
Kolkata, Oct 1 : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday declined to comment on BJP leader Arun Jaitley's observation dubbing the “truce” between him and Home Minister P Chidambaram on the 2G note controversy as
New Delhi, Sep 23: As a fresh controversy surfaced in the 2G scam with Home Minister P Chidambaram being dragged into it, BJP took potshots at the Government saying there was a “civil-war like situation”
Ahmedabad, Sep 17 : Praising Chief Minister Narendra Modi for Gujarat's development, Senior BJP leader L K Advani today said if the whole country adopted a policy of “zero tolerance” towards terrorism and corruption like
New Delhi, Sept 9: Home Minister P Chidambaram today had a dig at BJP leader Arun Jaitley for his remarks that the heckling of Rahul Gandhi at the RML hospital in the wake of Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 9: BJP today said the Government has lost its credibility and that revulsion has set in among the people against the Congress-led UPA.Giving an assessment of the just-concluded Monsoon Session of Paliament,
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