{"id":76865,"date":"2019-08-26T01:10:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T19:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=76865"},"modified":"2019-08-26T01:10:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T19:40:36","slug":"cm-others-pay-floral-tributes-to-jaitley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/08\/26\/cm-others-pay-floral-tributes-to-jaitley\/","title":{"rendered":"CM, others pay floral tributes to Jaitley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, Aug 25:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu paid floral tribute to former union minister Arun Jaitley&#8217;s portrait during a &#8216;shraddhanjali samaroh&#8217; organised by the state BJP at its party office here on Sunday.<br \/>\nThe CM and party workers also observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.<br \/>\nKhandu recalled Jaitley as an outstanding parliamentarian and a legal luminary &#8220;who always fought for eradication of corruption.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe chief minister also expressed appreciation for Jaitley for bringing major financial reforms, such as the GST, the Jan Dhan Yojana, and demonetization.<br \/>\nHe said he had personally met Jaitley on several occasions, and that Jaitley &#8220;was always encouraging towards Arunachal becoming economically self-sufficient.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Following his direction, we have been trying to make Arunachal a self-sustainable state,&#8221; Khandu said.<br \/>\nThe BJP&#8217;s West Kameng district unit also mourned the demise of the former union finance minister.<br \/>\nThe Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has also mourned Jaitley&#8217;s untimely demise.<br \/>\nOn behalf of the rank and file of the state Congress, APCC general secretary Charu Taya offered sincere condolences to the bereaved family, and said &#8220;his (Jaitley) demise has created a void and his absence will always be felt.&#8221; (With CMO input)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, Aug 25: Chief Minister Pema Khandu paid floral tribute to former union minister Arun Jaitley&#8217;s portrait during a &#8216;shraddhanjali samaroh&#8217; organised by the state BJP at its party office here on Sunday. The CM and party workers also observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul. Khandu recalled Jaitley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}