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Updated May 29th, 2019 at 20:18 IST

PM Narendra Modi to visit Arun Jaitley to request him to reconsider his decision and remain in government: Sources

PM Narendra Modi will meet Union Minister Arun Jaitley at 8.30 pm at his residence, sources have said. PM Modi will ask him to reconsider his decision of opting out of the next cabinet and stay in the government, the sources added.

Reported by: Apoorva Rao
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PM Narendra Modi will meet Union Minister Arun Jaitley at 8.30 pm at his residence, sources have said. PM Modi will ask him to reconsider and stay in the government, the sources added.

Jaitley had released a letter to the public on Wednesday saying that he would say out of being entrusted with formal responsibilities in the next government owing to his health. He had said he needed time to focus on his health and therefore will not be a part of the new government. However, he assured that he would informally undertake any work to support the Modi government or the BJP. 

Here is the letter by Jaitley:

One of the senior-most leaders of the BJP, Arun Jaitley has held the Finance Ministry for almost the entire last five years, apart from two spells when he travelled abroad for treatment during which time Piyush Goyal discharged his responsibilities. He is the chairman of the GST council and it was under his ministership that India's biggest indirect-tax reform - the historic Goods and Services Tax - was rolled out. He is also the incumbent Minister of Corporate Affairs. He had also served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Modi government, before which he was the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. In the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government he served as Minister of Law and Justice.

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Published May 29th, 2019 at 20:18 IST

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