Rahul Gandhi to Arun Jaitley: Our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery

Congress Party president Rahul Gandhi today took to twitter and wished Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of a speedy recovery after some media reports suggested that the minister has development serious ailment for which he is likely to undergo surgery in the United States.

“I'm upset to hear Arun Jaitley Ji is not well. We fight him on a daily basis for his ideas. However, I and the Congress party send him our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery. We are with you and your family 100% during this difficult period Mr Jaitley,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.

Jaitley, who had undergone a renal transplant surgery on May 14, 2018, had not travelled abroad in last nine months. He was scheduled to attend 10th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in London in April last year, but had cancelled his visit due to his kidney ailment.

Sources said, he left for the US on Sunday night for a medical check-up. Jaitley is to present his sixth and the BJP-led NDA government's last budget on February 1. Though it is supposed to be an interim Budget, it is widely expected that his speech would have been full length budget speech.

Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS last year in early April following which he underwent dialysis. He had a renal transplant surgery on May 14, 2018. In his absence, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of Finance Ministry on May 14.