New Delhi: BJP leader and Indian former finance minister, Arjun Jaitley passed away at the age of 66 in New Delhi on Saturday.

According to the Times of India, Jaitley was under treatment for several weeks at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

In Narendra Modi-led government’s first term, Jaitley held the finance and defense portfolios. He was diabetic patient and had a kidney transplant in 2018. In January, he had traveled to United States of America for unspecified medical reasons.