New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is still in hospital and undergoing treatment and he will skip the meeting with the Group of 20 nations in Australia next week.
Notify that Arun Jaitley had been admitted to a private hospital in New Delhi on Sept. 1 for surgery to manage a long-standing diabetic condition, and had originally been expected to leave after a few days.
The 61-year-old former lawyer is one of the most powerful figures in the nationalist government formed in May by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, holding responsibility for both finance and defence.
Finance Ministry spokesperson D.S. Malik said, “The minister is partly working from the hospital and checking official files.”
Malik said, “He may at least take couple of days before coming to the office.”
He also said that a final decision on when Jaitley can return to his office would be taken by his doctors.
Report claimed that Jaitley has made no secret of his diabetes and underwent a minimally-invasive gastric bypass procedure that is intended to prevent weight gain that is often suffered by people with the condition.
Some commentators have questioned whether Jaitley’s health is strong enough to shoulder the burden of running two big ministries. Delivering his maiden budget in July, he had to take a break half-way through and gave the second part of his address seated.
Bureau Report
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