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: Congress today targeted Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and demanded his resignation over alleged “gross financial irregularities” in Delhi's cricket body DDCA when he headed it from 1999 to 2013.In a further escalation of
New Delhi: Assuring the GST rate to be less than 18 per cent, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hinted at accepting Congress' stand on scrapping one per cent additional tax, but said their demand to
New Delhi: Claiming that seizure made by CBI proves that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's office was raided yesterday, Aam Aadmi Party today sought privilege motion against Union minister Arun Jaitley and the government for "misleading"
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday the government will achieve its fiscal deficit target without any cuts in this financial year.He made the statement in the Rajya Sabha after several members objected
New Delhi: Refusing to back down from his stand that the CBI illegally raided his office, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today claimed that the documents that were seized from his office had absolutely no
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today came down heavily on Congress party for obstructing the passage of the crucial Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the ongoing session of the Parliament.He also
New Delhi: In a bid to check generation of domestic black money, the government will soon issue a notification making quoting of PAN mandatory for all cash transactions beyond Rs 2 lakh, Finance Minister Arun
New Delhi: The political slugfest between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP escalated again after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided Delhi Secretariat today morning.Arvind Kejriwal contended that Rajendra Kumar was just an
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that the CBI raid was not against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, but against an official who was attached to his office, a claim rejected by
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today cited Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, to take on the Congress over repeated disruptions in Parliament, amidst indications that the current session could well
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday accused Congress of holding democracy to ransom over the National Herald case. Without naming Congress president Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi, Jaitley said the Congress leaders have got
New Delhi: In a sharp dig at Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said India has never accepted that the 'queen' is not answerable to the law and asked her and Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Pitching for early passage of the GST Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said efforts to create hurdle will amount to damaging the country.The Constitution Amendment Bill to roll
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today took on the Congress party over disruption of Parliament. He also rejected the Congress charge of political vendetta on the part of Modi government. Jaitley was speaking after
New Delhi: It is a celebratory time for Arun Jaitley, the Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information & Broadcasting. His daughter Sonali is getting married today to businessman-lawyer Jaish Bakshi in the national capital. However,
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister on Thursday reignited the debate on supremacy of Lok Sabha over Rajya Sabha saying, the directly elected House has a significant role in decision making in a democracy as it
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley believes that there is no need to be worried over the fiscal deficit given the fact that the economy is showing signs of returning to the growth path.Jaitley
New Delhi: The government today came up with a strong counter to the claims of Congress leader Kumari Selja that she had faced discrimination at Gujarat's Dwarkadheesh temple because of her caste. Finance Minister Arun
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said GDP in the current fiscal will be better than the 7.3% growth rate recorded in the last financial year and improve further in subsequent years.He said
Kochi: Eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani today asserted that Indian Parliament "is not sovereign" for its decisions can be challenged in court, as he hit out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for criticising the Supreme Court
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