Arun Jaitley’s son fact-checks Rahul Gandhi: ‘My father died before farm laws were introduced’

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s claim that he was threatened by Arun Jaitley for opposing the farm laws has drawn a scathing response from the late former finance minister’s son, Rohan Jaitley.

 

Rohan, president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), took to X on Saturday with a detailed post in which he claimed that his father had died even before the farm laws were introduced.

 

“Let me remind him, my father passed away in 2019. The farm laws were introduced in 2020,” he said.

 

Earlier, speaking at the Annual Legal Conclave -2025 in Delhi, the Congress MP claimed that the government had sent Jaitley to ‘threaten’ him for opposing the farm laws.

 

“I remember when I was fighting the farm laws, Arun Jaitley ji was sent to me to threaten me. He told me, ‘If you carry on opposing the govt, fighting the farm laws, we will have to act against you’. I looked at him and said, ‘I don’t think you have an idea who you are talking to’,” Gandhi said.

 

Dismissing the Congress leader’s allegation, Rohan said it was not in his father's nature to threaten anyone over an opposing view. “He was a staunch democrat and always believed in building consensus,” he added.

 

Rohan further claimed that if at all such a situation were to occur, Jaitley would invite free and open discussions to arrive at a mutually acceptable solution for all.

 

“That was simply who he was and that remains his legacy today,” he wrote in his post.

 

Rohan further urged Gandhi to be mindful while speaking of those not with us. 

 

“He (Gandhi) attempted something similar with Manohar Parrikar ji, politicising his final days, which was in equally poor taste,” he said, adding, “Let the departed Rest in Peace”.

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