Arun Jaitley

Trivia

• Arun Jaitley as General Secretary has managed 8 Assembly elections as of May 2008.
• In 2003, Arun Jaitley, managed the assembly elections in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
• Recently, Arun Jaitley had emerged as strategic planner for his track record of managing a number of victories in state Assembly election for the BJP.
• On June 16, 2009 he resigned from the post of General Secretary of BJP as per his party's One Man One Post principle.
• He was chosen as the Leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha on June 3, 2009 by L.K. Advani
• He is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat (as of March 2006) and has never contested any election.
• He was also appointed Minister of State for Disinvestment (Independent Charge), a new Ministry created for the first time to give effect to the policy of disinvestments under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime.
• After the Vajpayee Government came to power under the umbrella of the National Democratic Alliance, he was appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge) on October 13, 1999.
• He became the spokesman of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the period preceding the 1999 general election.
• Arun Jaitley had been the member of the ABVP, the student wing of the RSS during his student days.

Quotes

• “I don't think such a thing should have happened at all. It is extremely unfortunate that such an event has taken place.”
• “The prime minister has heard us and has assured us that the decision on the dam height will not be reviewed.”
• “It is their internal matter.”
• “To deal with hostile witnesses, in the last days of the NDA government we had introduced a criminal law amendment in Parliament. After the change of government the amendment was accepted but that part of amendment was not accepted.”
• “Without the presence of separatists on the round-table conference on Kashmir called by the Prime Minister, the entire exercise has turned futile.”
• “The Constitution has defined the office of profit; it is being interpreted by the judiciary and the Election Commission. Now, Parliament should define it.”
• “Mrs. Sonia Gandhi's party and her government was caught red-handed trying to subvert the constitution and parliament. She became a victim of her own conspiracy.”
• “We have narrowed down the differences and are hopeful of reaching an understanding very soon.”
• “This grand-standing will not help. This is the confession of a culprit caught red-handed trying to subvert the constitution and democracy.”
• “There is no doubt that there needs to be some scrutiny for them but the government must build a consensus on this.”