New Delhi: On August 9 (Friday), former finance minister Arun Jaitley was admitted in AIIMS. From the last two weeks, after being hospitalised, the health of BJP stalwart started deteriorating.
Several prominent leaders have been visiting the hospital in recent days to inquire about his health. President Ram Nath Kovind, Union home minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Jitendra Singh, Ram Vilas Paswan, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Congress' Abhishek Singhvi and Jyotiraditya Scindia visited him.
Jaitley had been put on a life support system. A multidisciplinary team of doctors was monitoring him.
He had undergone a renal transplant on May 14, 2018 at AIIMS. In September 2014, he underwent bariatric surgery to correct the weight he had gained because of a long-standing diabetic condition.
Jaitley did not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections presumably because of his ill-health. In May, Arun Jaitley wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he had cited health reasons for his decision.