New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Former Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley passed away today at the age of 66. He was undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.
The former Minister, who was admitted to the hospital on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness, had been put on life support and was being monitored by a multidisciplinary team of senior doctors. He also underwent dialysis on Thursday, sources said.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Union Home Minister and BJP chief Amit Shah along with political leaders like Mayawati, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Nitish Kumar, Yogi Adityanath and Jay Panda visited AIIMS to enq...