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Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel has passed away. His son Faisal Patel has given this information by tweeting. He was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram for several days after being corona infected.
His son Faisal Patel wrote – It is very sad to say that my father Ahmed Patel passed away on November 25 at 3.30 am. He was found infected with Corona about a month ago. After this, his condition deteriorated and many body parts stopped functioning. I request all well-wishers to follow the Kovid-19 protocol and not rush and take care of social distancing.
Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel passes away, tweets his son Faisal Patel. pic.twitter.com/4QgyLxvPis
– ANI (@ANI) November 24, 2020
Significantly, Ahmed Patel was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram after his condition deteriorated. Patel was infected with the Corona virus in the first week of October.
However, on 18 November, the daughter of Ahmed Patel had said that her father’s health had improved a little in the past. This information was given by Patel’s daughter Mumtaz through an audio message.
Was three times Lok Sabha MP and four times Rajya Sabha MP
Born in Ankleshwar in Bharuch district of Gujarat, Patel was a three-time Lok Sabha MP and a four-time Rajya Sabha MP. Patel contested his first election from Bharuch in 1977, winning by 62,879 votes. He again contested from here in 1980 and won by 82,844 votes this time. In his third Lok Sabha election of 1984, he won by 1,23,069 votes. Ahmed was a Rajya Sabha MP from 1993 and also political advisor to Sonia Gandhi since 2001.
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