Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled death of Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after his demise on Saturday. Former Finance Minister was admitted in AIIMS, New Delhi where he was hospitalized since August 9.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shares her condolences:

Trinamool Congress Chief extended her condolences through Twitter and said that Former Finance Minister braved battle. Banerjee also said that Arun Jaitley was an outstanding parliamentarian whose contribution to country will be remembered. She also said that Arun Jaitley was a brilliant lawyer who was kwn and praised across parties in India. Here's her tweet:

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On day Arun Jaitely had been admitted to AIIMS, hospital had issued a statement saying that he was being given treatment in ICU under a multidisciplinary team of doctors, and that at that point he was stable. Arun Jaitley's demise marks end of a historic career in Indian politics.

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About Arun Jaitley:

Born in Delhi on December 28, 1952, Arun Jaitley studied at St Xavier's school and went on to graduate with a degree in commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce in 1973, and went on to pursue an LLB at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. At that time, he is also said to have considered becoming a Chartered Accountant.

Active in politics since his time as a student, Jaitley was a member of ABVP, and served as President of Delhi University Students Union in 1974. Like a number of his contemporaries in BJP, Jaitley was put under preventive custody for fighting Emergency as part of JP movement, clampdown on him lasting 19 months. He rose to become president of Delhi ABVP and its All India Secretary, He became president of youth wing of Jan Sangh which he had joined later.

Parallel to his political commitments, Jaitley also practiced law, before Supreme Court and numerous High Courts. He was appointed ASG in VP Singh government in 1989, and has also appeared in several corporate matters. He stopped practicing law only in June 2009 on becoming leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. In Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, he had served as Minister for Law and Justice.

He is best kwn for having served as Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs in first Narendra Modi government, having also held portfolios of Defence and Information and Broadcasting. It was Jaitley who rolled out GST in 2017 which saw India becoming a unified market for goods and services for first time, and was also first chairman of GST council, being widely credited for forging consensus leading to Constitutional amendment that eventually passed GST Bill.

Jaitley opted out of second Narendra Modi government, having gone to US for two spells of treatment for a medical ailment in 2018-19. He has, however, regularly taken to Facebook and Twitter to pen blogs on various significant issues in country.