Ahmed Patel

Ahmed Patel

Ahmedbhai Mohammedbhai Patel was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian National Congress. He was the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Patel has represented Gujarat for eight terms in the Parliament of India; three times in the lower house or Lok Sabha. He died on 25 November 2020, due to multiple organ failure stemming from COVID-19.

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Summary Ahmed PatelAhmedbhai Mohammedbhai Patel was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian National Congress. He was the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Patel has represented Gujarat for eight terms in the Parliament of India; three times in the lower house or Lok Sabha. He died on 25 November 2020, due to multiple organ failure stemming from COVID-19.

He had been admitted to the Medanta Hospital and was in the ICU upon being diagnosed with CO VID-19, and died in the hospital the following day. He is only the second Muslim after Ehsan Jafri to be elected as a Lok Sabha MP in Gujarat. He had also been appointed as the treasurer of the All India Congress Committee in 2018, replacing senior party member Motilal Vora.