View: Arun Jaitley is a formidable lawyer, great communicator and a true human being
As minister of corporate affairs and minister of finance during the first term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jaitley piloted two of the most important reforms — the IBC and the GST.
When Arun Jaitley spoke at Columbia University, which he generously did on multiple occasions, introducing him was a challenge. So distinguished was his career, and so long the list of his accomplishments, that I always feared that my introduction would run longer than the main event.
In writing about Jaitley today, I face the same challenge. There is no way to do justice to his accomplishments in the available space. He was India’s leading politician who served with distinction in government as well as in opposition. He was a formidable lawyer, a great communicator and, above all, a true human being who would extend a helping hand to anyone who he thought might need it.