Former Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley has died after a long illness.
He was admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS hospital on 9 August with breathing issues.
Mr Jaitley, 66, was a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a senior member of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
As finance minister during the BJP’s first term, he was credited with a landmark goods and services tax bill – India’s most significant tax reform since independence. Read more
