New Delhi: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu broke down while paying floral tributes to late BJP strongman Arun Jaitley as he bid the last goodbye to 'his friend' at Nigambodh Ghat in New Delhi on Sunday. Jaitley's body was brought at the Nigambodh Ghat from the BJP headquarters for the last rites.

The Vice-President could not control his emotions after offering floral tributes. Naidu gathered himself and then covered his face with a handkerchief as he sobbed while bidding adieu to his party colleague. Earlier on Saturday Naidu had expressed condolences over the demise of Jaitley, and termed it a "personal loss". Naidu even cut short his visit to Gudur and Nellore in Andhra Pradesh to fly back to the capital to pay his tributes to Jaitley.