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Arun Jaitley
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.
Arun Jaitley
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Aspirational India will reject 'anarchist' formation of disparate political parties to fight BJP: Arun Jaitley
National | May 26, 2018, 01:08 PM ISTJaitley said the political agenda for the debate this year appropriately will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi versus an "anarchist combination" of such parties.
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Arun Jaitley undergoes successful kidney transplant operation at Delhi’s AIIMS
India | May 14, 2018, 02:18 PM ISTJaitley, who cancelled his scheduled visit to London for the 10th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue next week, had confirmed his illness in a tweet on April 6.
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Arun Jaitley's kidney transplant successful: AIIMS
News | May 14, 2018, 02:52 PM ISTArun Jaitley's kidney transplant successful, the Union minister is recovering fast, says AIIMS
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Congressmen in K'taka will be immediate victims: Jaitley after Sibal withdraws impeachment motion plea
National | May 08, 2018, 07:26 PM ISTIn his Facebook post, Jaitley termed the impeachment motion as “wholly misconcieved”, adding that “it was poorly drafted and lacked in substance”.
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GST Council okays simple return filing, veers around to digital payment incentives
Business | May 05, 2018, 10:29 AM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley said all taxpayers excluding a few exceptions like composition dealers shall file one monthly GST return in place of multiple filings currently required in a month.
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Statements against Arun Jaitley based on top AAP leaders' information, Kumar Vishwas tells Delhi HC
India | May 03, 2018, 08:29 PM ISTThe AAP leader told the court that before rendering an apology or making any other statement to Jaitley on the issue, he wishes to know whether his party leaders lied or not while issuing statements against the minister, who is a senior BJP leader.
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CJI impeachment motion filed on untenable grounds to intimidate judges, says Arun Jaitley
India | Apr 24, 2018, 06:09 PM ISTIn a Facebook post, Jaitley said an impeachment motion has to be filed in the rarest of rare cases where a "gross misconduct" has been indulged in by a delinquent judge during his tenure.
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Kurukshetra | Congress using impeachment notice as 'revenge petition', says Arun Jaitley
Kurukshetra | Apr 20, 2018, 07:48 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
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BJP slams Oppn for motion of impeachment against CJI Deepak Misra
Politics | Apr 20, 2018, 05:02 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
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Impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends: Jaitley
Politics | Apr 20, 2018, 04:15 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
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Congress and its friends have started using impeachment as political tool, writes Arun Jaitley in his Facebook post
India | Apr 20, 2018, 03:52 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hit out at the opposition parties, saying that the impeachment notice was being used as a “weapon” by the Congress and its friends.
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Cash crunch: Govt goes into firefighting mode as ATMs run dry, Oppn dubs it 'financial emergency'
Business | Apr 17, 2018, 11:42 PM ISTUsing the situation to his advantage, Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched an all out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul accused PM Modi of destroying the banking system with his demonetisation decision.
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Cash crunch returns as ATMs go dry in several states; Jaitley says 'situation being tackled quickly'
Politics | Apr 17, 2018, 03:44 PM ISTA majority of ATMs in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have gone dry, forcing the people run from one ATM to another in search of cash.
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley takes oath for fresh Rajya Sabha term
India | Apr 15, 2018, 11:46 AM ISTThe 65-year old Jaitley was elected recently from Uttar Pradesh and had to take oath at a special ceremony due to his health condition.
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Union Minister Arun Jaitley takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP
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Jaitley to take oath for fresh Rajya Sabha term on Sunday
India | Apr 14, 2018, 11:20 PM ISTA Finance Ministry spokesperson said the oath ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. in Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu's chambers.
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No inherent bias in Finance Commission's terms of reference: Jaitley
India | Apr 10, 2018, 10:00 PM ISTIn a first-of-its-kind initiative, the finance ministers of south Indian states at a conclave at Thiruvananthapuram said that ToR was against the principles of federalism enshrined in the Constitution and also would result in revenue loss to the performing states.
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Being treated for kidney problems, currently working from controlled environment at home: Jaitley
India | Apr 05, 2018, 08:30 PM ISTJaitley, in a tweet posted on Thursday evening, said that he was presently working from home and added that the doctors will take a call on future course of his treatment.
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Demonetisation, GST led to formalisation of economy: Arun Jaitley
Business | Apr 03, 2018, 09:56 PM ISTAccording to the data released by the Finance Ministry on Monday, 6.84 crore returns were filed during 2017-18, significantly higher than 5.43 crore filed in the previous fiscal.
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Delhi HC closes defamation suit after Jaitley accepts Kejriwal's apology
National | Apr 03, 2018, 01:49 PM ISTAAP leaders had accused the BJP leader of corruption as the president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), a post he had held from 2000 to 2013.