Chhattisgarh BJP unit has expressed deep shock over the demise of former union finance and defence minister Arun Jaitley. Party has said the demise of Jaitley is a massive loss to the BJP and also an irreparable loss to Indian politics and the country as a whole.

BJP state president Vikram Usendi said party leaders and workers have lost a guide. On different aspects of Indian politics, he was an astute, outspoken, logical and eloquent speaker and a guiding force for all.

BJP national vice president and former CM Raman Singh said it is a personal loss for him. He was an embodiment of an ideal person. In parliament he established highest standard through his logical articulacy, dignity in use of language and knowledge, which can be followed by one and all.

BJP national general secretary Saroj Pandey paying tributes to Jaitley said party and country has lost a political scholar, able administrator and intelligent speaker.

The BJP’s Scheduled Tribe Cell national president and Rajya sabha member Ramvichar Netam said it is an irreversible loss for the party as he was a crises manager. His intellect and knowledge of laws had assisted the party to emerge out of the crises. The gap cannot be filled. Leader of Opposition Dharamlal Kaushik said an able administrator, a guide and a legal luminary has been taken away. He was not an individual but an institution and the loss cannot be filled. The MLAs, MPs, office bearers of different frontal organizations of BJP also paid rich tributes and prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul.