![[File] Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley | Reuters](/content/dam/week/news/biz-tech/images/2018/5/9/arun-jaitley-reuters.JPG "[File] Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley | Reuters")
Former finance minister and BJP veteran Arun Jaitley was admitted to the AIIMS in New Delhi on Friday after he complained of palpitations and restlessness. The hospital said Jaitley was undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit.
“Arun Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS today morning. He is currently undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit under the supervision of a multidisciplinary team of doctors. At present, he is haemodynamically stable,” the hospital said in a release.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visited the hospital.
Jaitley, 66, was earlier admitted to the AIIMS in May for treatment.
A lawyer by profession, he has been the most important leader in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet during his first tenure and often acted as the chief troubleshooter for the government.
Jaitley did not contest the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 presumably because of his ill health.
Jaitley had undergone renal transplant on May 14 last year with Goyal filling in for him at that time too. Jaitley, who had stopped attending office since early April 2018, was back in the finance ministry on August 23, 2018.
Earlier in September 2014, he underwent bariatric surgery to correct the weight he had gained because of a long-standing diabetic condition.
With inputs from PTI
