PM Modi visits ‘Dost’ Arun Jaitley’s Family on return home

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the family of late former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at his residence. He spent around 25 minutes talking to Jaitley’s wife and his children. Home Minister Amit Shah who arrived at Jaitley’s residence before he PM left with him.

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. He had, however, spoken to Jaitley’s family following the news of his demise and expressed his condolences. Jaitley passed away in New Delhi at the AIIMS hospital on August 24. He was 66.

A four-time member of Rajya Sabha, he became a Cabinet minister in the government of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2000. He was Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from June 2009 to 2014. Jaitley was Finance and Corporate Affairs minister in the first term of Modi government and also held portfolios of Defence and Information and Broadcasting.