In a letter to the PM, Jaitley referred to “serious health challenges” that have troubled him for the last 18 months to say that though “he had emerged out of most of them”, he needed to take a break. “I am writing to formally request you that I should be allowed a reasonable time for myself, my treatment and my health, therefore, not be part of any responsibility, for the present, in the government.”

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/arun-jaitley-opts-out-creates-new-dynamics-for-berth-allocation/articleshow/69569025.cms