{"id":325597,"date":"2020-08-24T05:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T05:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=325597"},"modified":"2020-08-24T05:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T05:07:18","slug":"miss-my-friend-a-lot-pm-modi-remembers-arun-jaitley-on-his-first-death-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/miss-my-friend-a-lot-pm-modi-remembers-arun-jaitley-on-his-first-death-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Miss my friend a lot&#8217;: PM Modi remembers Arun Jaitley on his first death anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-325598 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"659\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/arun.jpg 659w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/arun-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/arun-639x420.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday remembered former Union finance minister and BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley on his first death anniversary for his diligent service to the country and his \u201cwit, intellect, legal acumen\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOn this day, last year, we lost Shri Arun Jaitley Ji. I miss my friend a lot. Arun Ji diligently served India. His wit, intellect, legal acumen and warm personality were legendary,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Besides PM Modi, other top BJP leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president J P Nadda paid tribute to the BJP leader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Amit Shah called Arun Jaitley an outstanding politician and said he was someone who had no parallels in Indian polity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cRemembering Arun Jaitley ji, an outstanding politician, prolific orator and a great human being who had no parallels in Indian polity. He was multifaceted and a friend of friends, who will always be remembered for his towering legacy, transformative vision and devotion to nation,\u201d Shah tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">JP Nadda\u00a0said, Salutes to ex-finance minister Arun Jaitley, a brilliant leader, thinker, Padma Bhushan awardee, on his first death anniversary. The outstanding contribution of his public welfare policies and schemes in nation building will always be remembered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday remembered former Union finance minister and BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley on his first death anniversary for his diligent service to the country and his \u201cwit, intellect, legal acumen\u201d. \u201cOn this day, last year, we lost Shri Arun Jaitley Ji. I miss my friend a lot. Arun Ji diligently served [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":325598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[2879,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325599,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325597\/revisions\/325599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/325598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}