His party may be facing tough times after the defeat in the general elections and the recent crisis in Karnataka, but BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, has reasons to smile. The noted lawyer recently got a coveted gift from his son, a Mont Blanc fountain pen. The white pen has Mahatma Gandhi’s face carved on its golden colour nib and his sketch on the cap. Jaitley admitted that he always had a fetish for a Mont Blanc pen but this is the first time he has been able to possess an ultra-expensive writing instrument of the renowned brand.
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