New Delhi: Two of the most prolific leaders who made their mark in Narendra Modi's first government left for their heavenly abode in the month of August 2019. As tributes poured in for former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who died at AIIMS on August 24, 2019, after a prolonged illness, his condolence tweet for Sushma Swaraj after her death on August 7, 2019, has assumed new significance.

A long-standing cabinet colleague and a fellow member of the BJP Parliamentary Board, Sushma Swaraj's sudden death left Jaitley stunned. Just two days before he was admitted at AIIMS, Jaitley had tweeted: "Saddened, pained & broken on the demise of Sushmaji."