Arun Jaitley injured while boarding helicopter in Haridwar

Haridwar: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on Sunday mildly injured after he slipped while boarding a helicopter here to reach Delhi, an organiser said.

"His foot slipped while boarding the chopper. He was mildly injured. But he is fine," Patanjali spokesperson S.K. Tijarawala told IANS. 

Jaitley was in Haridwar to visit Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth.

He later boarded the chopper to Delhi to attend the Bharatiya Janata Party's Parliamentary Board meeting to chose Chief Ministers for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.