1952-2019: Remembering Arun Jailtey

Lawyer-turned-politician Arun Jaitley was among the most powerful in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, a terrific backroom strategist and a man trusted by colleagues in the BJP and other political parties. In these photos, we see Mr Jaitley’s warmth and easy camaraderie with India’s political class. (Photo: File)

Sudhir Bhargava with President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after taking the oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa with Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley and BJP senior Leader L K Advani at a function to pay tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Parliament House, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Narendra Modi with BJP President Amit Shah and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during the Diwali Mangal Milan programme in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Former PM Manmohan Singh presenting to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley a copy of the book 'India Transformed: 25 Years of Economic Reforms' authored by economist Rakesh Mohan, during its launch in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

BJP leaders and former union ministers Maneka Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar and Arun Jaitley share a light moment during a protest rally in Bengaluru. (Photo: AFP)

Arun Jaitley and Rahul Gandhi before paying tributes to the first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 127th birth anniversary in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Then Union Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley with Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at a BJP meeting in Gandhinagar. (Photo: PTI)

Lt. Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi with Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during a meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad and BJP general secretary, Arun Jaitley during all party delegation to discuss the unrelenting violence in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi hugs Narendra Modi, while Arun Jaitley looks on, before the oath taking ceremony of Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister at Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad in 2007. (Photo: PTI)

BJP leader Arun Jaitley greets newly wedded couple Shashi Tharoor and Sunanda Pushkar at their reception party in New Delhi in 2010. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley with Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan at North Block in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik discussing with Union finance minister Arun Jaitley during the Make in Odisha Conclave in Bhubaneswar. (Photo: PTI)

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, I & B Minister Venkaiah Naidu, and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu at a function in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrababu Naidu presents a memento to Arun Jaitley at a meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis exchange greetings as NCP chief Sharad Pawar looks on, at an event in Pune. (Photo: PTI)

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with Delhi Dy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at an award function in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley being greeted by Chief Minister of Puducherry, V Narayanasamy at his office in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley shakes hands with Congress MP Anand Sharma at parliament during the budget session in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)