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 …
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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 …
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Congress lost Ahmed Patel when it needed him most. Always underrated and low-key, he was fiercely loyal to the party and its top leaders, especially Sonia Gandhi, whom he served as a political secretary even before the formation of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime in 2004. Patel was to …
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Ahmed Patel represented Gujarat eight times in parliament. (Archive) New Delhi: Congressional leader Ahmed Patel, one of Sonia Gandhi’s closest political advisers and one of the party’s top problem solvers, has died at age 71. He had been in the hospital since his health worsened after a Covid infection. Sonia …
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