<p class="title">Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who served as a finance secretary under former finance minister<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/arun-jaitley"> Arun Jaitley</a>, on Saturday said working with him was a great learning experience.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Condoling the demise of the former Union minister, he said Jaitley was an "affable minister, extremely sharp, sensible and sagacious".</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>RIP Arun Jaitley |<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/liveblog/rip-arun-jaitley-former-finance-minister-passes-away-at-66-753273.html" target="_blank"> Former finance minister passes away at 66</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">"Working with him as FS was a great learning experience. He was patient, pragmatic, positive, knowledgeable & a great raconteur. Rest In Peace; the deficit is unbridgeable Sir," Lavasa tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said it was a privilege to be a part of his team and be his finance secretary.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"His leadership was never imposing as he led with his wit and charm. God bless his soul and may his legacy live on," the election commissioner wrote in his tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jaitley, 66, died at AIIMS here on Saturday morning after being admitted on August 9 following complaints of breathlessness and restlessness. </p>
<p class="title">Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who served as a finance secretary under former finance minister<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/arun-jaitley"> Arun Jaitley</a>, on Saturday said working with him was a great learning experience.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Condoling the demise of the former Union minister, he said Jaitley was an "affable minister, extremely sharp, sensible and sagacious".</p>.<p class="bodytext"><strong>RIP Arun Jaitley |<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/liveblog/rip-arun-jaitley-former-finance-minister-passes-away-at-66-753273.html" target="_blank"> Former finance minister passes away at 66</a></strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">"Working with him as FS was a great learning experience. He was patient, pragmatic, positive, knowledgeable & a great raconteur. Rest In Peace; the deficit is unbridgeable Sir," Lavasa tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said it was a privilege to be a part of his team and be his finance secretary.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"His leadership was never imposing as he led with his wit and charm. God bless his soul and may his legacy live on," the election commissioner wrote in his tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jaitley, 66, died at AIIMS here on Saturday morning after being admitted on August 9 following complaints of breathlessness and restlessness. </p>