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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has unexpectedly left for the US for a medical check up relating to his kidney ailment, according to various media reports . Jaitley, who had undergone a renal transplant surgery on May 14, 2018, had not travelled abroad in last nine months.
He was scheduled to attend the 10th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in London in April last year, but cancelled his visit due to his kidney ailment.
Apparently , Jaitley left for the US on Sunday night for a medical check up. Jaitley is to present his sixth and the BJP-led NDA government’s last budget on February 1. Though it is supposed to be an interim Budget, it is widely expected that his speech would have been full length budget speech.
