FM Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget as usual

FM Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget as usual

New Delhi, February 1 : The Union Budget will be presented on Wednesday as usual, the government said here. Earlier, there was uncertainty about the Budget after former Union minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader E Ahamed passed away following a cardiac arrest.
The obituary to Ahamed might take place before or after the Budget; the government had talked to all parties and arrived at a consensus, it was said.
The 78-year-old Ahamed died at 2.15 am at RML hospital where he was admitted on Tuesday and put on artificial life support.
“E Ahamed has passed away at 2.15 am. His body has been taken to the AIIMS hospital for embalming (a method to preserve a corpse from decaying) as the facility is not available at RML,” a senior RML doctor told PTI.Ahamed’s body will be taken to Kerala later on Wednesday.The MP from Kerala’s Mallapuram suffered a cardiac arrest during the President’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament on Tuesday.

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