In the four-paragraph letter, Jaitley said he had orally informed Modi about his desire not to be a part of the new BJP government to enable him to concentrate on treatment and health. NEW DELHI — Outgoing finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he does not want to be a minister in the new BJP government due to health reasons. “Reports in a section of media regarding Union Minister Shri Arun Jaitley’s health condition are false and baseless. Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal was the stand-in finance minister who presented the interim budget for 2019-20. Jaitley, who had stopped attending office since early April 2018, was back in the finance ministry on August 23, 2018.

Source: Huffington Post May 29, 2019 08:03 UTC