Overview
- Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh, J.P. Nadda, Bhupender Yadav and Dr Jitendra Singh, offered floral tributes at Arun Jaitley Park on Siri Fort Road in New Delhi.
- Amit Shah posted a remembrance on X, praising Jaitley’s constitutional expertise and parliamentary contributions.
- Sangeeta Jaitley joined a small gathering at the south Delhi park named for her late husband, noting he walked there regularly and that tea was served in his memory.
- In Patna, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Bihar ministers garlanded Jaitley’s statue during a state ceremony.
- Jaitley, who died in August 2019, is remembered for his roles as finance and defence minister and for his Padma Vibhushan honor.