Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley

Name-Arun Jaitley

DOB-Dec 28, 1952

Death-Aug 24, 2019 (AIIMS, Delhi)

Place of Birth-New Delhi

Political Party-BJP

Religion-Hindu

Education-B.Com from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi
(L.L.B.) from University of Delhi.

Occupation-Lawyer, Politician

Spouse name-Sangeeta Jaitley

Children-1 son Rohan & daughter Sonali.

Important position held-

●Finance Minister 26 May 2014-14 May 2018)

●Minister of Defence (13 March 2017 - 3 September 2017)

●Minister of Corporate Affairs 26 May 2014 - 14 May 2018

●Minister of Information and Broadcasting (9 November 2014 - 5 July 2016)

●Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha (3 June 2009 - 26 May 2014)

●Minister of Law and Justice from 2000-2002, 2003-2004

●Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha 26 May 2014 - 02 April 2018

●Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha since 3 April 2018

About Arun Jaitley

One of the distinguished leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), Arun Jaitley is the Finance Minister  Minister of Corporate Affairs in the government of India. He also served as a member to the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank. He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court and a former Additional Solicitor General of India. Jaitley served as the General Secretary of the BJP in 2002 and then again in 2004. He resigned from the publish of General Secretary in 2009 after he used to be appointed as the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha under the birthday party precept of “One Man, One Post”. Jaitley has always emerged as a strategic planner of the BJP, assisting his party member Narendra Modi win the meeting election in 2002. As the General Secretary, he managed eight assembly elections, which proved effective for the BJP. He was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 2012 for his 0.33 term. He was the Vice President of the BCCI however resigned after the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

Personal Background of Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley was once born to a family of lawyers, social activists and philanthropists. His father, Maharaj Kishen Jaitley, was also a attorney and they as a household resided in Naraina Vihar, New Delhi. His mother, Ratan Prabha, was once a housewife and a social activist at the identical time. Arun Jaitley did his training from the St. Xavier’s School (1957-69). He used to be very passionate about studies, debates, and sports activities such as cricket. He is a graduate from the Shree Ram College of Commerce and was an lively debater and President of the pupil union of the college. Later, he did LL.B. from the University of Delhi (1973-77).

Since childhood Arun Jaitley had a remarkable quantity of pastime in law and politics, and his victory in the election as the President of the Delhi University Students’ Union marked the opening of his political career. He used to be influenced by using the things to do of Janata Party and joined the movement in opposition to corruption then led via the Janata Party to create cognizance among the prevalent public about the misgovernance and corruption with the aid of high officials. He was appointed as the Convener of the Coordination Committee of the youth and pupil organisation.

Arun Jaitley is married to Sangeeta Jaitley, who is the daughter of Giridhar Lal Dogra and Shakuntala Dogra, and has two children, Sonali Jaitley & Rohan Jaitley, and each are lawyers.

How did Arun Jaitley enter into Politics?

He started out his political career in 1974 when he won the election to turn out to be the president of Delhi University Students’ Union. At a time when the Congress’s rule was very strong, with the aid of prevailing the election as an ABVP (Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad) candidate he made a endless have an effect on on the human beings of India. He used to be a follower of Jai Prakash Narain, recognized as JP, and viewed him his mentor. In 1975 when emergency used to be declared for 22 months, Arun Jaitley was once one of the leaders to be detained and used to be imprisoned for 19 months in the Tihar Jail, Delhi. He considered this segment as the turning factor in his existence as he came throughout people of one of a kind backgrounds during his stay in the jail.

In 1977, when the Congress suffered a humiliating defeat in the generic election and Janata Party got here to power, Arun Jaitley used to be the convener of the Loktantric Yuva Morcha.

Political Journey of Arun Jaitley

◆ In 1977, Arun Jaitley used to be appointed as the president of the Delhi ABVP and All India Secretary of the ABVP.
◆ Being related with the ABVP for the reason that a long time, Arun Jaitley joined the BJP in 1980.
◆ He used to be then made the president of the childhood wing of the BJP and the secretary of the Delhi Unit in 1980.
◆ In 1991 he grew to be the member of the National Executive of the BJP.
◆ In the 1998 United Nation General Assembly session, Arun Jaitley was once a delegate on behalf of the authorities of India. In this session, the bill against pills and money laundering was introduced.
◆ He became the spokesperson for the BJP in 1999 just before the General Assembly elections.
◆ He took over as the Minister of State, Department of Information and Broadcasting in 1999. Additionally, he headed the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs.
◆ He further joined the Council of Ministers as the Minister of State, and alongside with this he was in cost of the newly fashioned Department of Disinvestment.
◆ In 2000, he was once made the member of the Rajya Sabha for the first time from Gujarat.
◆ In 2000, he was once once more appointed as the Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and was also appointed as the head of the Ministry of Shipping. He held the responsibility of modernising ports by using upgrading berths and introducing new berths to improve the efficiency with the aid of reducing the turnaround time.
◆ After the resignation of Ramjeth Malani as the Union Cabinet Minister, Arun Jaitley was once appointed as the Cabinet Minister in November 2000. He was the Law Minister in the cabinet and added many amendments to the Civil Procedure Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, and the Companies Act.
◆ He then left the cabinet to grow to be the General Secretary of the BJP in July 2002 and labored as the National Spokesperson until January 2003.
◆ He once more joined the Union Cabinet in 2003 as the Minister of Commerce and Industry and Law and Justice, and functioned there until May 2004. As Commerce Minister he had a lot of responsibilities in the course of his this term as the state of the WTO negotiations was once very imperative at some point of that time. Developed countries such as the US and the EU have been forcing to limit tariffs of agriculture commodities so that they can enter the Indian market and advantage with the aid of gaining market share. This would have worsened the stipulations of the million of Indian farmers, whose dwelling is primarily based on agriculture. India, along with the G20 group and international locations such as China and Brazil, stood towards the developed nations through no longer granting any substantial concession which should have deprived our farmers.
◆ He was once re-elected as the member of the Rajya Sabha in 2006 and again in 2012 from Gujarat, which used to be his 1/3 time period as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
◆ He is recognised as the Leader of Opposition (2009-2012) and has put in regular efforts to convey about high-quality change. He performed a imperative role all through the talks of the Women Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha and also supported Anna Hazare for the Jan Lokpal Bill.
◆ On May 26, 2014, Arun Jaitley grew to be the Finance Minister with extra charge of Defence Ministry but now the Defence Ministry has been transferred to previous Goa CM Manohar Parrikar