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India’s former minister Jaitley cremated with full state honors



NEW DELHI: India’s former finance minister Arun Jaitley has been cremated at New Delhi’s Nigambodh Ghat with full state honors today.

Scores of political leaders and his admirers and general public attended his cremation.

The 66-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader passed away on Saturday. He was admitted to the AIIMS on August 9.

Rohan Jaitley performed his father’s last rites. (Agencies)

Publish Date : 25 August 2019 16:48 PM

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