Arun Jaitley asks PM Modi to keep him out of the new government

New Delhi : Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him not to include his name in the new government due to his ill health.

He wrote, "I am writing to you to formally request you that I should be allowed a reasonable time for myself, my treatment and my health, and, therefore, not be a part of any responsibility, for the present, in the new Government."

PM Narendra Modi will be swearing-in as Prime Minister of India on May 30 with his new cabinet members.