Tag: Ahmed Patel

New Delhi: Calling the steep rise in diesel and petrol prices as Rs 11 lakh crore ‘fuel loot,’ the Congress on Thursday called for a ‘Bharat bandh’ on September 10, saying it was in touch with other parties for their support. The party again demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under Goods and Services […]

New Delhi: Politicians should rise above political differences in matters of national security, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel has told Home Minister Rajnath Singh while demanding “impartial” and “objective” investigation into the arrest of two alleged IS operatives in Gujarat. “I wish to bring to your notice the recent reports of arrest of IS (Islamic […]

Gandhinagar/New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani demanded resignation of Congress veteran Ahmed Patel from the Rajya Sabha on Friday alleging him to have link with a suspected IS terrorist arrested earlier in the week from Bharuch. However, Ahmed Patel refuted the charges laid against him. Rupani, who also sought Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s […]

Gandhinagar: In a jolt to BJP, Congress candidate Ahmed Patel on Wednesday scraped through to notch a victory in a bitterly-contested Rajya Sabha election against all out efforts of the BJP to check his attempt to seek a fifth term. Patel, 68, the powerful political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is said to have […]

Gandhinagar: The two Congress MLAs who showed their ballots in the Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat to BJP leaders belonged to the Shankersinh Vaghela camp, and their votes were not being counted by the Congress camp for Ahmed Patel. The votes of the two rebel Congress MLAs — Raghavji Patel and Bholabhai Gohil – have […]

  Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has decided to back the nine potato farmers locked in a legal battle with food and beverages giant PepsiCo after the latter dragged them to court for growing a potato variety which it claimed was its registered product. A day after senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel stated that the state […]

New Delhi: Hours after meeting Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met senior party leader Ahmed Patel at the party office here on Tuesday. Gehlot arrived at the Congress headquarters at 5.15 p.m. and directly went into Patel’s chamber. After the meeting, the Rajasthan Chief Minister left for Jaipur. Earlier in the […]

New Delhi: Historian Ramchandra Guha has been snubbed by Congress leader Ahmed Patel for his comparison between Gujarat and Bengal on culture and economy which has created a major controversy. Ramchandra Guha while quoting writer Philip Spratt had tweeted: “Gujarat, though economically advanced, is culturally a backward province… Bengal in contrast is economically backward but […]

New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel passed away in the wee hours of Wednesday while undergoing treatment at a private Hospital in Gurugram, his son Faisal Patel confirmed. He was 71.He was suffering from complications related to COVID-19. In a tweet, Faisal said that his father breathed his last at 3.30 am on Wednesday. […]