Jaitley returns from US after medical treatment

NEW DELHI: Union minister Arun Jaitley returned from the United States on Saturday, where he was undergoing medical treatment. “Delighted to be back home,” Jaitley tweeted.

Jaitley, who was the finance minister, had handed over charge to Piyush Goyal, before leaving for the US. He missed presenting the sixth and final Budget of the Narendra Modi government before the general elections.

Jaitley, however, has been active on social media tweeting and writing Facebook posts and also met reporters through a video call from New York and fielded questions on the Budget. He also gave interviews on the subject. In an interview after the Budget presentation, Jaitley said he was on recovery course and return to India in time to reply to the Budget debate in Parliament will depend on when his doctors allow him to leave.