Tag Archives: Ahmed Patel

Motilal Vora was in the league of a select band of Congressional leaders who would not share a secret with their spouse, children, or anyone else. For him, loyalty to the Nehru-Gandhi family was absolute and non-negotiable. In Vora, the acting head of AICC, Sonia Gandhi, has lost a faithful …

NEW DELHI: The head of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, invited G23 officials, who wrote to her in August seeking “full-time” leadership and elections for party positions, to a discussion Saturday in which they are expected to the latter seek an answer on the progress their demands. While there was no official …

NEW DELHI: The timing couldn’t have been more important. BjpThe bothersome victory over the ruling Congress in predominantly rural Rajasthan it has been a shot in the arm for the party, as it seeks to defend itself from pressure from farmers’ organizations and opposition parties. A jubilant BJP chief, JP …

Sometimes the best way to hurt your people is to support the enemy. And that is what the high Congress and now called rebel leader Anand Sharma has done. In a series of tweets, Anand Sharma has praised the prime minister’s visit to institutes that are working on COVID-19 vaccine. …

The Congressional Working Committee meeting paid tribute to two veterans last week, Tarun Gogoi and Ahmed Patel, who succumbed to COVID-19-Related complications. But it is the tribute paid to Ahmed Patel that stands out and has telling significance in the future politics of the party. The CWC said: “Shri Patel’s …

Rahul Gandhi also met Ahmed Patel’s family in their ancestral home. The main leader of Congress, Ahmed Patel, was buried in his hometown Piraman in the Bharuch district of Gujarat on Thursday. Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi attended the funeral of the party’s key strategist and problem solver, who died on …

Written by Coomi Kapoor | New Delhi | November 26, 2020 4:00:58 am Veteran Congressional Leader Ahmed Patel Sonia Gandhi described Ahmed Patel as an “irreplaceable companion” but surprisingly Rahul, who was often not on the same page as him, summed up the loss of Ahmed bhai, as he was …

Written by Kamal Saiyed | Piraman Village (bharuch) | Updated: November 26, 2020 4:03:50 am Ahmed Patel with his colleagues in Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad and Meira Kumar. He was a deputy eight times. (Express file) A five-minute walk from their ancestral home, a grave has been prepared in the …

In Ahmed Patel, Congress has lost an irreplaceable leader. He will be remembered for being one of the sharpest political minds and a leader who held his party together as a tough, unifying force. The ultimate problem solver and consensus builder whose political savvy was admired by all leaders across …

Congressional Senior Leader Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called his party colleague Ahmed Patel “one of the most trusted leaders of the Congress Party and a great friend of mine,” as he recalled lawmaker Rajya Sabha. Patel died that same day at the age of 71. Patel, who had been in …