NEW DELHI, Aug. 25 -- Political leaders in Delhi offered floral tributes to former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at his Kailash Colony residence in South Delhi. From President Ram Nath Kovind to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and leaders of Delhi BJP unit thronged Jaitley's residence.
Recalling college days, BJP leader Vijay Goel said, "We both fought Students' Union election in Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC). He became president and I became the secretary. Since then, I have shared a great relationship with him."
A Delhi BJP leader said during the period of Emergency (1975-77), Jaitley was placed under preventive detention first in the Ambala Jail and then in the Tihar Jail in ...