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Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley is an Indian politician and the current Finance Minister and Minister of Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. One of the prominent members of BJP, Jaitley has served as a member to the Board of Governors of Asian Development Banks. He is a senor advocate in the Delhi High Court and a former Additional Solicitor General of India. Jailtley has held the cabinet portfolios of Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice. He has also served as the Minister of Defence for a very brief period. Jaitley has been the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha from 2009-2014. Jaitley served as the General Secretary of BJP in 2002 and then in 2004 and he resigned from this post in 2009 after being appointed as the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha under the partys principle of One Man, One Post. He has also been the Vice President of BCCI. Known as an eloquent speaker, Jaitleys political career is largely non controversial.Born on 28th December 1952 in New Delhi, Arun Jaitley was born in a family of lawyers, social activists and Philanthropist. His father Maharaj Kishen Jaitley was a lawyer and his mother Ratan Prabha was a housewife and social activists. The family resided in Naraina Vihar, New Delhi. After completing his schooling from St. Xaviers College in 1969, he graduated from Shree Ram College of Commerce in 1973. Later he did his LLB from University of Delhi in 1977. From childhood itself, he was very passionate about studies, debates and cricket. Jaitley had a great amount of interest in law and politics and his political journey began as an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) student leader and then as the President of the Students Union of Delhi University in 1974. Jaitley was influenced by the activities of Janata Party and during the Emergency period, he was under preventive detention for 19 months in Tihar jail. He was also a prominent leader of the 1973 movement against corruption launched by Raj Narain and Jayprakash Narayan. He created awareness among the general public about the misgovernance and corruptions of the high officials. He was then appointed as the Convenor for the National Committee for Student and Youth Organization. He was appointed by Jai Prakash Narayan. Jaitley was also the convener of the Loktantrik Yuva Morcha in 1977 and was appointed as the president of the Delhi ABVP and All India Secretary of ABVP. After being engaged with ABVP for a long period, Arun Jaitley joined BJP in 1980. A short time after he joined BJP, he was made the President of the youth wing of the BJP. In 1991, he became the member of the National Executive of BJP. In the 1998 session of the United Nation General Assembly when the bill against drugs and money laundering was introduced, Arun Jaitley represented the session as the delegate on behalf of Government of India. Just before the 1999 elections, he was appointed as the BJP spokesperson and after the elections he took over as the Minister of State, Department of information and broadcasting as well as he headed Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs. He further became the Minister of State in the Council of Ministers and became the in charge of the newly formed Department of Disinvestment. After the bifurcation of the Ministry of Surface Transport, he was appointed as the first Minister of Shipping in 2001.he then left the cabinet in 2002 to become the General Secretary of BJP in July 2002 and also worked as the National Spokesperson till January 2003. He joined the Union Cabinet back in 2003 as the Minister of Commerce of industry and law and Justice and functioned at this position till May 2004. He was re elected as the member of Rajya Sabha in 2006 and in 2012 from Gujarat marking his third term as a member of Rajya Sabha. He was the Leader of Opposition of Rajya Sabha on 3rd June 2009 by Lal.Krishna Advani. As the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, he played a vital role in the Women Reservation Bill as well as daring the Anna Hazare movement supporting the Jan Lokpal Bill. Being in the party since 1980, Jaitley never contested any direct election. In 2014, he contested elections for the first time as the BJP candidate for the Amritsar seat of Punjab replacing Navjot Singh Sidhu. But he lost the election to Amrinder Singh from Indian National Congress. He currently is a member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. However, in the 2014 general elections, the BJP led NDA government came into power and on 26th May 2014, Arun Jaitley became the Finance Minister. He was also handed the responsibility as the in charge of Defence Ministry but later, the Defence Ministry has been transferred to Manohar Parrikar, former Chief Minister of Goa. Jaitley also serves as a member to the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank.Arun Jaitley is married to Sangeeta Jaitley and has two children Sonali and Rohan and both are lawyers. Jaitley loves the game of cricket and because of his love for this sport, he was appointed as the Vice President of BCCI but he later resigned from the post after the IPL match fixing scandal came into light. Jaitley was also the President of Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) but he resigned from the post after a service of 13 years to concentrate on politics. Jaitley has a good record in DDCA and has made great contribution in improving the standards of the stadiums in Delhi and the stadiums improved under his presidency was rated as one of the best from BCCI. Arun Jaitley has six siblings and he is uncle of actors Riddhi and Akshay Dogra.

Arun Jaitley Health Update: Former Finance Minister Continues to be Critical, on Life Support
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New Delhi: Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley continued to be critical and on life support as a wh...
Arun Jaitley Health Update: Former Finance Minister Continues to be Critical, on Life Support
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Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Govt's Cabinet Reshuffle Postponed Over Former Finance Minister Jaitley's Health
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Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Govt's Cabinet Reshuffle Postponed Over Former Finance Minister Jaitley's Health
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Arun Jaitley Critical, Put on Machines Helping His Lungs And Heart Function | All You Need to Know
India.com News Desk | August 18, 2019 11:54 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (66) who is admitted in Delhi AIIMS since August 9 h...
Arun Jaitley Critical, Put on Machines Helping His Lungs And Heart Function | All You Need to Know
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AIIMS Releases Health Bulletin on Arun Jaitley, Says ex-finance Minister 'Critical' | Updates
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AIIMS Releases Health Bulletin on Arun Jaitley, Says ex-finance Minister 'Critical' | Updates
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Arun Jaitley Continues to Remain Critical; Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia Visit Him at AIIMS Hospital
India.com News Desk | August 18, 2019 2:44 PM IST
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Sunday visited former fina...
Arun Jaitley Continues to Remain Critical; Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia Visit Him at AIIMS Hospital
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Arun Jaitley Health Updates: Former Finance Minister Continues to Remain Critical; RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Visits AIIMS
India.com News Desk | August 18, 2019 11:22 AM IST
New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday visited All India Institu...
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Arun Jaitley Remains Critical: Politicians Make Beeline at AIIMS
India.com News Desk | August 17, 2019 1:15 PM IST
New Delhi: Various political leaders cutting across party lines have been rushing to the All India I...
Arun Jaitley Remains Critical: Politicians Make Beeline at AIIMS
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Arun Jaitley's Health Update: Former Finance Minister Put on Life Support System at AIIMS, Condition Critical
India.com News Desk | August 17, 2019 8:34 AM IST
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley remained in critical condition and was put on life s...
Arun Jaitley's Health Update: Former Finance Minister Put on Life Support System at AIIMS, Condition Critical
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Amit Shah Rushes to Meet Arun Jaitley Admitted in Delhi AIIMS
India.com News Desk | August 16, 2019 11:35 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan are reported to have r...
Amit Shah Rushes to Meet Arun Jaitley Admitted in Delhi AIIMS
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Arun Jaitley Remains in ICU, Health Critical But Haemodynamically Stable: Reports
India.com News Desk | August 13, 2019 9:02 PM IST
New Delhi: The health condition of former finance minister Arun Jaitley is reportedly critical but h...
Arun Jaitley Remains in ICU, Health Critical But Haemodynamically Stable: Reports
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'Arun Jaitley is Stable,' Confirms BJP's IT Cell Head; Says 'Other Speculations Misleading'
India.com News Desk | August 10, 2019 10:52 PM IST
New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley, currently admitted to Delhi's the All India Institu...
'Arun Jaitley is Stable,' Confirms BJP's IT Cell Head; Says 'Other Speculations Misleading'
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Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Haemodynamically Stable: AIIMS
India.com News Desk | August 9, 2019 8:15 PM IST
New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley was on Friday admitted to the All India Institute of...
Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Haemodynamically Stable: AIIMS
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'Unfair to Choose Between Good Economics And Clever Politics,' Says Arun Jaitley on Union Budget
India.com News Desk | July 6, 2019 12:31 PM IST
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Finance Minister in Modi government Ar...
'Unfair to Choose Between Good Economics And Clever Politics,' Says Arun Jaitley on Union Budget
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'Hawai Chappal And Mercedes Can’t be Taxed at Same Rate', Arun Jaitley on Two Years of GST Rollout
India.com News Desk | July 1, 2019 4:17 PM IST
New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST)...
'Hawai Chappal And Mercedes Can’t be Taxed at Same Rate', Arun Jaitley on Two Years of GST Rollout
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'India Steadfast on Path of Progress Under PM Modi,' Tweets Jaitley
India.com News Desk | May 31, 2019 9:15 AM IST
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley may have voluntarily kept out of the new government at the...
'India Steadfast on Path of Progress Under PM Modi,' Tweets Jaitley
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PM Modi Meets Arun Jaitley at His Residence, 'Asks' Him to Reconsider Decision And Remain in Govt
India.com News Desk | May 29, 2019 8:58 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Arun Jaitley at his residence and reportedl...
PM Modi Meets Arun Jaitley at His Residence, 'Asks' Him to Reconsider Decision And Remain in Govt
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Arun Jaitley Writes to PM, Asks to be Kept Out of New Govt Due to Ill Health
India.com News Desk | May 29, 2019 1:29 PM IST
New Delhi: A day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Council of ministers swearing-in to f...
Arun Jaitley Writes to PM, Asks to be Kept Out of New Govt Due to Ill Health
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Reports on Arun Jaitley's Deteriorating Health False, Media Advised to Stay Away From Rumour Mongering: Govt
India.com News Desk | May 26, 2019 6:54 PM IST
New Delhi: Press Information Bureau (PIB) spokesperson on Sunday issued a clarification over rumours...
Reports on Arun Jaitley's Deteriorating Health False, Media Advised to Stay Away From Rumour Mongering: Govt
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Arun Jaitley Misses Cabinet Meeting Due To Ill Health, May Step Down as Finance Minister
India.com News Desk | May 24, 2019 7:10 PM IST
New Delhi: On the day of the Saffron party's victorious glory, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stal...
Arun Jaitley Misses Cabinet Meeting Due To Ill Health, May Step Down as Finance Minister
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NDA's Victory a Miraculous Win, People Rejected Royalties, Dynasties: Jaitley
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Terming the BJP-led NDA's victory in the Lok Sabha elections as "miraculous win", Finance Minister A...
NDA's Victory a Miraculous Win, People Rejected Royalties, Dynasties: Jaitley
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