By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP National VP in Charge of Assam and Delhi, Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda on Tuesday morning paid rich tribute to party stalwart and former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on his Punyatithi.
“मार्गदर्शक व बड़े भाई श्री अरुण जेटली जी की कमी हमेशा खलेगी।राजनीति को राष्ट्र निर्माण का माध्यम और समाज की प्रगति के लिए प्रयोग करने के अलावा उनसे और भी बहुत कुछ सीखने को मिला।जेटली जी की स्मृतियाँ और स्नेह आज भी मेरे साथ हैं।आज उनकी पुण्यतिथि पर उन्हें श्रद्धापूर्वक नमन।,” Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan tweeted @dpradhanbjp.
“Humble tributes to a dynamic leader, former Union Minister, noted advocate, writer, Padma Vibhushan Late Shri #ArunJaitley Ji on his punyatithi.He was a learned statesman as well as my mentor whose expertise and guidance I’ll cherish forever,” BJP National VP Baijayant Jay Panda tweeted @PandaJay.
Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance, Defence, Corporate Affairs, Commerce and Industry, and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government.
From 2009 to 2014, he served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. He was a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He oversaw the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax which brought the country under one GST regime, demonetisation, merger of Railway budget with general budget and introduction of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Jaitley decided not to join the second Modi Cabinet in 2019, due to health issues.
He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2020 in the field of Public Affairs
