Ahmed Patel Dies

Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who died two years ago, plotted against PM Narendra Modi with arrested activist Teesta Setalvad following the 2002 Gujarat riots, the state police have said, in a charge strongly refuted by his party and family.

The Rajya Sabha on Friday paid rich tributes to its three members Ram Vilas Paswan, Ahmed Patel and Abhay Bharadwaj and 11 former members who died during the interregnum period from its last sitting.

The Congress is set to lose its senior leader Ahmed Patel's Rajya Sabha seat in Gujarat -- which it fought hard to win in 2017 -- to the BJP. Ahmed Patel, a five-time Rajya Sabha member, died at 71 last month.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who died today at 71 after battling COVID-19, was one of the key strategists of the Congress since the time of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

I have no idea how Patel felt about any of this because he was too discreet to say a word. But till the end, he remained by Sonia's side, low-key and loyal. Like the rest of us, he probably had no idea where the Congress is headed.

Patel was the last of the old-school leaders of the Congress - a big heart and broad shoulders which shrugged off minor issues but could tangle - or un-knot, as needed - complicated political threads. Patel was a "politician's politician" with a huge network of relationships across party lines, corporates and the media. A consummate back-room strat...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday condoled the death of the Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel who died at the age of 71 on Wednesday at a Gurugram hospital.

Congress veteran Ahmed Patel's death has been described as a "personal loss" by several senior party leaders as many of them recalled their memories with the 71-year-old Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat, who died at a Gurgaon hospital early this morning.

PM condoles death of Congress's Ahmed Patel, says, "his role in strengthening the Congress party would always be remembered"

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, one of Sonia Gandhi's closest political advisers and a top party trouble-shooter, has died at 71. He had been in hospital since his health worsened after a Covid infection.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, one of Sonia Gandhi's closest political advisers and a top party trouble-shooter, has died. He was 71. He had been in Gurgaon hospital since his health worsened after a Covid infection.

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's last rites will be performed today, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said on Saturday. Ms Dikshit died on Saturday of a cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital at the age of 81. The veteran Congress leader's body has been taken to her residence in Delhi's Nizamuddin area from the Fortis Escorts Heart Instit...

Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who died two years ago, plotted against PM Narendra Modi with arrested activist Teesta Setalvad following the 2002 Gujarat riots, the state police have said, in a charge strongly refuted by his party and family.

The Rajya Sabha on Friday paid rich tributes to its three members Ram Vilas Paswan, Ahmed Patel and Abhay Bharadwaj and 11 former members who died during the interregnum period from its last sitting.

The Congress is set to lose its senior leader Ahmed Patel's Rajya Sabha seat in Gujarat -- which it fought hard to win in 2017 -- to the BJP. Ahmed Patel, a five-time Rajya Sabha member, died at 71 last month.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, who died today at 71 after battling COVID-19, was one of the key strategists of the Congress since the time of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

I have no idea how Patel felt about any of this because he was too discreet to say a word. But till the end, he remained by Sonia's side, low-key and loyal. Like the rest of us, he probably had no idea where the Congress is headed.

Patel was the last of the old-school leaders of the Congress - a big heart and broad shoulders which shrugged off minor issues but could tangle - or un-knot, as needed - complicated political threads. Patel was a "politician's politician" with a huge network of relationships across party lines, corporates and the media. A consummate back-room strat...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday condoled the death of the Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel who died at the age of 71 on Wednesday at a Gurugram hospital.

Congress veteran Ahmed Patel's death has been described as a "personal loss" by several senior party leaders as many of them recalled their memories with the 71-year-old Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat, who died at a Gurgaon hospital early this morning.

PM condoles death of Congress's Ahmed Patel, says, "his role in strengthening the Congress party would always be remembered"

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, one of Sonia Gandhi's closest political advisers and a top party trouble-shooter, has died at 71. He had been in hospital since his health worsened after a Covid infection.

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, one of Sonia Gandhi's closest political advisers and a top party trouble-shooter, has died. He was 71. He had been in Gurgaon hospital since his health worsened after a Covid infection.

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's last rites will be performed today, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said on Saturday. Ms Dikshit died on Saturday of a cardiac arrest at a Delhi hospital at the age of 81. The veteran Congress leader's body has been taken to her residence in Delhi's Nizamuddin area from the Fortis Escorts Heart Instit...