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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New Delhi: Faulting the Congress and AAP for attempting to "malign" the reputation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitely over the DDCA issue, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said such attempts will boomerang as has
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)has expressed its unhappiness over Bharatiya Janata party's handling of the Kirti Azad issue.According to reports, the ideological mentor of the ruling Party has reportedly not endorsed the move to
New Delhi: Eminent lawyer and former Law minister Ram Jethmalani on Thursday came down heavily upon Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, calling him a ‘disaster' for PM Modi and that he will ensure that ‘one day
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sought to know why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley were "afraid" of a probe into the affairs of Delhi's cricket body. Referring to the
New Delhi: The executive committee of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) will explore various disciplinary measures, including issuing show cause notice to former India cricketers Kirti Azad and Bishan Singh Bedi, for making corruption
New Delhi: Hitting out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today accused him and AAP leaders of lowering the level of public discourse saying vulgarity is not a right available to
Jethmalani has said that he will not charge a single penny from Kejriwal for defending him in a defamation case slapped on him by Arun Jaitley.
New Delhi: Taking a dig at BJP over the ouster of party MP Kirti Azad, the Congress has said that it was an illustration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dictatorial style of functioning.The suspension of
New Delhi: Seeking to put further pressure on Arun Jaitley, banned IHF president KPS Gill on Wednesday urged the the Delhi government to probe the Union Finance Minister's "conflict of interest" in the national hockey
New Delhi: Amid frequent face offs between the government and opposition, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said political discourse in the country has become "more vulgar"."Though extremely popular to say, the anti-corruption law must be
New Delhi: Underlining the power of the message of development, Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley today released the Government of India Calendar-2016, which seeks to put the spotlight on the “national priorities and agenda”
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its youth wing volunteers today protested outside the residence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi, demanding his resignation over the alleged irregularities in DDCA.The protesters were
New Delhi: Opposition parties have claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hawala remark is a signal for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to step down from the post for his alleged involvement in the DDCA scam.Senior
Patna: Senior Bihar BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday demanded disciplinary action against party MP Kirti Azad for targetting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over the DDCA issue.This is the first time that action against
New Delhi: Coming out in support of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that his 'colleague will come through with flying colours' from the DDCA controversy. "Arun Jaitley will come through
New Delhi: Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani will defend Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the defamation suit filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Delhi High Court."He (Jethmalani) will appear for Kejriwal and
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah today extended the party's full support to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Rubbishing allegations against Jaitley in the DDCA issue as baseless, the BJP President said that
New Delhi: The row over alleged financial bungling in DDCA resonated in Parliament today with BJP member Kirti Azad embarrassing the ruling side by demanding time-bound SIT probe while Congress pressed for resignation of Finance
New Delhi: Government today categorically ruled out resignation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over allegations of corruption in Delhi cricket body DDCA which he headed till 2013, as Congress member disrupted proceedings of Rajya Sabha."No
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today filed a civil defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders for issuing allegedly false and defamatory statements
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