Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath offered his condolences on the death of former union finance minister and BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley on Saturday. Nath said that the country has lost a "nationalist and progressive leader".

Jaitley, 66, who was on life support, breathed his last at 12:07 pm at the AIIMS in Delhi after battling multiple health issues for the last several months. "The country has lost a nationalist and progressive politician in Arun Jaitley. He was a legal luminary and a politician who used to put across his views on national issue frankly.