Former finance minister Arun Jaitley has passed away at the age of 66, after a long battle with several illnesses. Jaitley was admitted in AIIMS since August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness. He breathed his last at 12:07 PM.
According to reports, he was put on on life support since Tuesday after his condition became critical.
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In recent days, several top politicians and former cabinet colleagues including Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Jitendra Singh and Ram Vilas Paswan, President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Congress’s Abhishek Singhvi and Jyotiraditya Scindia and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had visited AIIMS to inquire about his health.