Arun Jaitley
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"Arun Jaitley" is currently the Minister of Finance, Minister of Corporate Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has also previously held the portfolios as the Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)/Minister for Commerce and Industry, Minister of Law and Justice (India)/Law and Justice in the National Democratic Alliance (India)/National Democratic Alliance government (1998–2004). He is also the current Leader of the House at Rajya Sabha. In the Indian general election, 2014/2014 general election, he unsuccessfully contested as Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for Amritsar, where he was defeated by Indian National Congress candidate, Captain Amarinder Singh.

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When the international prices rise, we expect the government to cut its share of profit and its revenue earnings and share the burden of the increase with the common man.

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The government prevails on the CBI not to appeal. In the face of this attempt to scuttle the investigations, I think one's conscience should question as to the propriety of what the government and the (Congress) party have been doing and certainly not question the merits of the case.

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He has embarrassed the government. By continuing as minister without portfolio he has earned himself a price for silence.

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Perhaps he wanted to avoid a controversy.

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The parliamentary board considered her reply today and was of the opinion that her actions amounted to both acts of indiscipline and anti-party activities.

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The way the government handled lacks grace...the patchwork has made the issue murkier and murkier.

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If the prime minister was in the know of it, then he is equally culpable. If he was not aware, then it is for him to introspect as to what kind of government he is running.

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This (headcount) is a terrible mistake. The Government must stop this exercise immediately.

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But this latest episode not only proves his proximity to the (Nehru-Gandhi) family but also puts a question mark on his impartiality.

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