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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In a glittering function, Home Minister Amit Shah digitally inaugurated the renamed Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in presence of late finance minister's family.
Arun Jaitley was an ardent follower of cricket and his love for cricket was made public with his consistent tweets about the sport from his Twitter handle. Jaitley was not only a follower of cricket but was also a member of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association. He was later appointed the president of the association. He was also the Vice-President of BCCI for a short stint in 2013. Cricket administration was among the many hats Arun Jaitley wore in public life. Jaitley passed away on Saturday (August 24) after a prolonged period of illness. He was 66
Arun Jaitley was a born leader and there is no doubt about it. In his collage days he was an ABVP leader and soon after entering the mainstream politics, he held the Cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Narendra Modi governments. When Modi came back to power in May 2019, Jaitley chose to stay away from "any responsibility," citing ill health. Jaitley died on Saturday (August 24) after prolonged illness. He was 66.
66-year-old Arun Jaitley was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. He was admitted at the Cardio-Neuro-Centre of the hospital on August 9 at around 10 am.
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