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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 Defends CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Claims Complainant Distributed Her Copies to Sensationalise Allegations
India.com News Desk | April 22, 2019 6:38 AM IST
New Delhi: Defending Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi who has been accused of sexual harassment, ...
Arun Jaitley Defends CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Claims Complainant Distributed Her Copies to Sensationalise Allegation
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BJP Releases 23rd List of Candidates, Replaces Arun Jaitley With Hardeep Singh Puri From Amritsar
India.com News Desk | April 21, 2019 7:47 PM IST
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday evening released the 23rd list of candidates f...
BJP Releases 23rd List of Candidates, Replaces Arun Jaitley With Hardeep Singh Puri From Amritsar
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Jobless Jet Airways Employees Request Govt to Pay at least One-Month’s Salary
India.com News Desk | April 20, 2019 11:49 PM IST
New Delhi: Employees of the cash-strapped Jet Airways on Saturday took the last leaf out of a bookle...
Jobless Jet Airways Employees Request Govt to Pay at least One-Month’s Salary
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'Direction of Lok Sabha Election 2019 is Clear', Claims Arun Jaitley; Says Congress Has Failed to Make Any Impact
India.com News Desk | April 20, 2019 3:46 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday teared into the Congress over the NYAY scheme ann...
'Direction of Lok Sabha Election 2019 is Clear', Claims Arun Jaitley; Says Congress Has Failed to Make Any Im
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'Lalu Approached Jaitley, Offered to Topple Nitish Government,' Says Sushil Modi
India.com News Desk | April 17, 2019 12:27 PM IST
New Delhi: A day after RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav called him 'Srijan ka chor', Bihar Deputy Chief Min...
'Lalu Approached Jaitley, Offered to Topple Nitish Government,' Says Sushil Modi
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'Dynasts Can't Rewrite Court Orders in Democracy,' Says Jaitley on SC Asking Rahul to Explain Rafale Remark
Surabhi Shaurya | April 15, 2019 6:03 PM IST
New Delhi: As the Supreme Court demanded an explanation from Rahul Gandhi for his alleged contemptuo...
'Dynasts Can't Rewrite Court Orders in Democracy,' Says Jaitley on SC Asking Rahul to Explain Rafale Remark
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Arun Jaitley Slams Congress, JD(S) Govt For Crying Foul Over I-T Raids, Says 'Legitimate Action Against Corruption is Not Vendetta'
India.com News Desk | April 10, 2019 2:03 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday, in a veiled attack on the Congress and JD(S), a...
Arun Jaitley Slams Congress, JD(S) Govt For Crying Foul Over I-T Raids, Says 'Legitimate Action Against Corru
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BJP's Manifesto Not Made With 'Tukde Tukde' Mindset But With Nationalist Vision: Arun Jaitley
India.com News Desk | April 8, 2019 2:41 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Monday said that the BJP manifesto was not been prepared with ...
BJP's Manifesto Not Made With 'Tukde Tukde' Mindset But With Nationalist Vision: Arun Jaitley
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2019-04-08T03:41:58+00:00
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'Phir ek Baar Modi Sarkar', BJP Launches Theme Song For Lok Sabha 2019 Polls
India.com News Desk | April 7, 2019 5:29 PM IST
New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) released its theme for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2...
'Phir ek Baar Modi Sarkar', BJP Launches Theme Song For Lok Sabha 2019 Polls
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Who Are 'RG', 'AP' And 'FAM', Were They in a Position to Influence AgustaWestland Deal, Asks Arun Jaitley
India.com News Desk | April 5, 2019 7:09 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday launched an all out attack at Congress president Ra...
Who Are 'RG', 'AP' And 'FAM', Were They in a Position to Influence AgustaWestland Deal, Asks Arun Jaitley
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Arun Jaitley Calls Congress's Manifesto For 2019 Polls 'a Freedom to Destroy Institutions And Help Terrorists'
India.com News Desk | April 4, 2019 7:05 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday slammed the Congress over its manifesto for the u...
Arun Jaitley Calls Congress's Manifesto For 2019 Polls 'a Freedom to Destroy Institutions And Help Terrorists
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Arun Jaitley Questions Nehru-Gandhi Family Source of Income, Attacks Rahul Gandhi Over 'Sweetheart Deals'
IANS | April 3, 2019 9:49 PM IST
New Delhi: Launching a bitter attack on the Nehru-Gandhi family over their sources of income, Union ...
Arun Jaitley Questions Nehru-Gandhi Family Source of Income, Attacks Rahul Gandhi Over 'Sweetheart Deals'
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Mehbooba Mufti Slams Arun Jaitley For His 'Separatist Psyche' Comment
PTI | April 3, 2019 5:25 PM IST
A 'new India' where those who kill and lynch in the name of religion are feted and garlanded is "una...
Mehbooba Mufti Slams Arun Jaitley For His 'Separatist Psyche' Comment
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Badge of Honour if Standing up For my People Makes me Separatist: Mehbooba Responds to Jaitley
India.com News Desk | April 3, 2019 9:23 AM IST
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on W...
Badge of Honour if Standing up For my People Makes me Separatist: Mehbooba Responds to Jaitley
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Congress Releases Manifesto For Lok Sabha Polls With Slew of Promises; BJP Calls it 'Unimplementable, Positively Dangerous'
India.com News Desk | April 2, 2019 11:31 PM IST
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday released a 53-page manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 wit...
Congress Releases Manifesto For Lok Sabha Polls With Slew of Promises; BJP Calls it 'Unimplementable, Positiv
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Cong Manifesto Drafted by 'Tukde Tukde' Gang: Jaitley
India.com News Desk | April 2, 2019 11:04 PM IST
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Cong Manifesto Drafted by 'Tukde Tukde' Gang: Jaitley
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Congress Wants to Demoralise Armed Forces by Promising Amendments in AFSPA Act: Amit Shah
India.com News Desk | April 2, 2019 7:23 PM IST
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Tuesday lambasted Congress for promis...
Congress Wants to Demoralise Armed Forces by Promising Amendments in AFSPA Act: Amit Shah
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Congress Manifesto an Agenda For 'Balkanisation of India', Drafted by 'Tukde Tukde' Gang: Jaitley
India.com News Desk | April 2, 2019 4:45 PM IST
New Delhi: Calling it 'dangerous and unimplementable', Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesda...
Congress Manifesto an Agenda For 'Balkanisation of India', Drafted by 'Tukde Tukde' Gang: Jaitley
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J&K Will be Forced to Think on Its Ties With India if Article 370 is Scrapped: Mehbooba Mufti
India.com News Desk | March 30, 2019 7:04 PM IST
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday warned the government a...
J&K Will be Forced to Think on Its Ties With India if Article 370 is Scrapped: Mehbooba Mufti
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Arun Jaitley Slams Congress For Hindu Terror Slogan, Cases Based on Fake Evidence
IANS | March 29, 2019 9:00 PM IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday slammed the Congress while accusing it of coining the "Hindu...
Arun Jaitley Slams Congress For Hindu Terror Slogan, Cases Based on Fake Evidence
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