Arun Jaitley opts out of new government, writes to PM Modi to allow him time for treatment and health
5 years, 7 months ago

Arun Jaitley opts out of new government, writes to PM Modi to allow him time for treatment and health

Op India  

Outgoing Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has opted out of the next Narendra Modi government to be sworn in tomorrow. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was posted on social media by Arun Jaitley, he requested that he should not be included in the new Government. Now Arun Jaitley has formally made the request to not be included in the new Modi government, which would enable him to concentrate on his treatment and health. I have today written a letter to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, a copy of which I am releasing: pic.twitter.com/8GyVNDcpU7 — Arun Jaitley May 29, 2019 After the massive victory of NDA in the elections, several sections in media had speculated that Arun Jaitley may not be the finance minister, or not even be a part of the new government, due to health issues. It may be noted that Arun Jaitley didn’t present the last budget of the government due to health issues, and it was presented by railway minister Piyush Goyal, who was given the additional charge of Finance and Corporate Affairs ministries ahead of the budget in January this year.

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Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat August 27 episode: PM Modi will surely miss the absence of Arun Jaitley
5 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat August 27 episode: PM Modi will surely miss the absence of Arun Jaitley

India TV News  

It has been five days since the passing away of Arun Jaitley, and I am still unable to believe that his mortal remains have been consigned to flames and the ashes immersed in the Holy Ganga river in Haridwar. On Tuesday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his return from foreign visit, visited Jaitley's house and met his grieving family …

PM Modi mourns friend Arun Jaitley's demise, meets family members
5 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi mourns friend Arun Jaitley's demise, meets family members

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday visited Late Arun Jaitley's residence. PM Modi meets Arun Jaitley's family, pays tributes The Prime Minister could not attend the funeral of the former finance minister as he was away from the country on a three-nation visit to France-UAE-Bahrain. PM Modi meets Arun Jaitley's family, pays tributes Modi described Arun Jaitley as a "valued …

Arun Jaitley no more: The editor's choice prime minister
5 years, 4 months ago

Arun Jaitley no more: The editor's choice prime minister

India TV News  

A lawyer-turned-politician will be as staid an introduction for Arun Jaitley as a cricketer-turned-commentator for Sunil Gavaskar. A brilliant strategist and one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most trusted colleagues, Jaitley was far more than an accomplished lawyer and many notches above his contemporaries in politics. Suave, articulate and a super strategist, Arun Jaitley was the BJP's and Prime Minister …

Read: AIIMS note announcing Arun Jaitley's death
5 years, 4 months ago

Read: AIIMS note announcing Arun Jaitley's death

India Today  

Former finance minister and BJP stalwart died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi at 12:07 pm on Saturday, the hospital said in a press release. The statement read: "It is with profound grief that we inform about the sad demise of Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon'ble Member of Parliament & Former Finance Minister, Government of India …

Arun Jaitley: Modi government's trouble-shooter-in-chief
5 years, 4 months ago

Arun Jaitley: Modi government's trouble-shooter-in-chief

India Today  

Even before the nation could come out of the shock of former Union minister Sushma Sawraj's untimely demise, India has lost another veteran leader. Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley passed away on Saturday, due to prolonged ailment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. FOLLOW INDIA TODAY LIVE COVERAGE HERE A lawyer by profession, Arun Jaitely was …

Arun Jaitley continues to be on life support at AIIMS; LK Advani, Devendra Fadnavis and others visit hospital
5 years, 4 months ago

Arun Jaitley continues to be on life support at AIIMS; LK Advani, Devendra Fadnavis and others visit hospital

Firstpost  

As former finance minister Arun Jaitley continued to be on life support at AIIMS, several leaders, including LK Advani, Devendra Fadnavis, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Anandiben Patel, visited the hospital on Monday to enquire about his health. New Delhi: As former finance minister Arun Jaitley continued to be on life support at AIIMS in New Delhi, several leaders, including BJP …

Arun Jaitley on life support: Arvind Kejriwal, Smriti Irani visit former finance minister at AIIMS Delhi
5 years, 4 months ago

Arun Jaitley on life support: Arvind Kejriwal, Smriti Irani visit former finance minister at AIIMS Delhi

Firstpost  

Arun Jaitley, who had undergone a renal transplant last year, did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election presumably because of his ill-health New Delhi: Several leaders including Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, and Union ministers Smriti Irani and Ram Vilas Paswan visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi on Sunday to inquire about the health condition …

Arun Jaitley's health remains critical, ex-finance minister put on life support, say reports
5 years, 4 months ago

Arun Jaitley's health remains critical, ex-finance minister put on life support, say reports

Firstpost  

As news of Jaitley’s critical health condition spread, politicians from across the political spectrum visited the ailing leader Former finance minister Arun Jaitley, who was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi on 9 August, is in a critical state, media reports said. As news of Jaitley’s critical health condition spread, politicians from across the political spectrum visited …

President Ram Nath Kovind visits former Union minister Arun Jaitley at AIIMS
5 years, 4 months ago

President Ram Nath Kovind visits former Union minister Arun Jaitley at AIIMS

India Today  

President Ram Nath Kovind visited AIIMS on Friday to enquire about the health condition of former finance minister Arun Jaitley, who is admitted in the ICU there since August 9 and is "critical", sources said. Last Saturday, after Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited AIIMS to enquire about Jaitley's health, his office had said the former minister is responding to …

Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's health steady and stable
5 years, 5 months ago

Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's health steady and stable

India TV News  

Health of former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who has been admitted to AIIMS hospital, is steady and stable. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla visited the AIIMS hospital to enquire about Arun Jaitley's health after he was admitted on Friday. Arun Jaitley has been an important part of BJP's …

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley admitted to AIIMS; condition stable
5 years, 5 months ago

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley admitted to AIIMS; condition stable

India TV News  

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley was admitted to the the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on Friday after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey visited …

Arun Jaitley moves out of government bungalow, returns cars and staff
5 years, 7 months ago

Arun Jaitley moves out of government bungalow, returns cars and staff

Op India  

The former finance minister Arun Jaitley, who had voluntarily opted out of the cabinet in the second term of the Modi government has vacated the government bungalow allotted to him and surrendered the official cars provided to him. According to a report in Swarajya, Arun Jaitley is moving to his own house in South Delhi after his family asked him …

58-member Team Modi in place, first cabinet meet today; portfolios soon
5 years, 7 months ago

58-member Team Modi in place, first cabinet meet today; portfolios soon

Hindustan Times  

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister for a second term on Thursday at the head of a 25-member cabinet in which he enlisted Bharatiya Janata Party president and close confidant Amit Shah, dropped several key members of the outgoing government and attempted to accommodate most partners in the ruling coalition, but failed to convince key ally Nitish Kumar …

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat May 29 episode: Jaitley will surely recover and return to active politics
5 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat May 29 episode: Jaitley will surely recover and return to active politics

India TV News  

The stage is set for the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi's new government at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. On Wednesday, Jaitley wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his inability to join the new government because of health reasons. Jaitley also wrote that "I would obviously have a lot of time at my disposal to undertake any work informally …

Economy in focus as PM Modi begins second term without key aide Arun Jaitley
5 years, 7 months ago

Economy in focus as PM Modi begins second term without key aide Arun Jaitley

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take his oath of office on Thursday along with his ministers, though he suffered a setback at the start of his second term when key aide and finance minister Arun Jaitley opted out of the next government. READ: Modi's ministers, who got a call from the top Narendra Modi and the chief of Bharatiya Janata …

PM Modi meets Arun Jaitley after his decision to opt out of new government
5 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi meets Arun Jaitley after his decision to opt out of new government

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Hours after Arun Jaitley announced decision not to seek a ministerial position in Modi 2.0 government due to health reasons, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday visited him at his residence, a move that reflects the importance attached to the senior leader. Neither Jaitley, who had tweeted his letter written to Modi requesting that he not be given any …

PM Modi meets Arun Jaitley after his decision to opt out of new government
5 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi meets Arun Jaitley after his decision to opt out of new government

India TV News  

Hours after Arun Jaitley announced the decision not to seek a ministerial position in Modi 2.0 government due to health reasons, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited him at his residence, a move that reflects the importance attached to the senior leader. Neither Jaitley, who had tweeted his letter written to Modi requesting that he not be given any …

Citing ill-health, Arun Jaitley opts out of ministerial position
5 years, 7 months ago

Citing ill-health, Arun Jaitley opts out of ministerial position

The Hindu  

Former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has ended all speculation over his health and inclusion in the new Cabinet by writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he is opting out of any ministerial position. Due to his ill health, Mr. Jaitley could not present the last budget — the honours was done by caretaker Finance Minister Piyush Goyal. Mr. …

Arun Jaitley opts out of NDA-III, says he needs time for health, treatment
5 years, 7 months ago

Arun Jaitley opts out of NDA-III, says he needs time for health, treatment

Live Mint  

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley has opted out of the government to be sworn in on Thursday, citing serious health challenges. In the letter, released by him on his Twitter handle, Jaitley said he has been facing serious health challenges for the last 18 months, but offered to undertake informal work for the government or the Bharatiya Janata Party. With …

Arun Jaitley says no to ministerial post, cites health challenges
5 years, 7 months ago

Arun Jaitley says no to ministerial post, cites health challenges

India TV News  

Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi where he expressed his inability to take up a ministerial post citing "serious health challenges." This is unprecedented as Arun Jaitley has himself requested the Prime Minister and requested for a "reasonable time"to recover from his illness. During the last eighteen months, I have had some …

PM Modi Visits Arun Jaitley at Home after He Opts Out of New Government
5 years, 7 months ago

PM Modi Visits Arun Jaitley at Home after He Opts Out of New Government

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to call on senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley at his residence on Wednesday night in a bid to make him reconsider his decision to not be a part of the next Union Cabinet. United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath-taking ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi …

Forget finance, Arun Jaitley wants no ministry in Narendra Modi govt 2.0
5 years, 7 months ago

Forget finance, Arun Jaitley wants no ministry in Narendra Modi govt 2.0

India Today  

Arun Jaitley has told PM Narendra Modi that he would like to stay away from "any responsibility" in the Modi government's second term in office. "I have today written a letter to the Hon'ble Prime Minister, a copy of which I am releasing," Jaitley said, posting an image of his letter to PM Narendra Modi. I have today written a …

Arun Jaitley in good health, recovering rapidly: Piyush Goyal
5 years, 11 months ago

Arun Jaitley in good health, recovering rapidly: Piyush Goyal

India TV News  

Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who is in the US for medical treatment, is in good health and recovering very rapidly, said interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal. Goyal, who was this week appointed interim finance minister for the period when Jaitley remained indisposed, however, did not comment on the nature of illness. "I had a chance to talk to him late …

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