New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal Patel was questioned for seven hours by the Enforcement Directorate here on Thursday in the alleged case of multi-crore bank fraud and money-laundering by Gujarat-based Sterling Biotech. A senior ED official told IANS, “Faisal was asked about his relations with the Sandesara brothers (Chetan Jayantilal Sandesara and […]
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Sterling Biotech case: ED summons Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal
New Delhi: In more trouble for the Congress, the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said that it has summoned party Treasurer Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal Patel in its probe into the multi-crore-rupee bank fraud and money-laundering by Gujarat-based Sterling Biotech. A senior ED official related to the development told IANS: “We have summoned Faisal for questioning […]
Punjab CM meets Ahmed Patel amid rift with Sidhu
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday met senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel here amidst ongoing ‘rift’ with his Cabinet colleague Navjot Sidhu, who is yet to take charge of his new portfolios, party sources said. Sidhu had met party President Rahul Gandhi, and senior leaders Priyanka Gandhi and Patel here earlier this […]
Ahmed Patel likely to resolve rift between Amarinder, Sidhu
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel is likely to be entrusted with the task of resolving the rift between Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and state Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, party sources said here on Monday. The sources said that veteran leader Patel is likely to be entrusted with the job in the […]
Amid Congress leadership crisis, Kharge meets Ahmed Patel
New Delhi: Amid a leadership crisis in the Congress, senior leaders Mallikarjuna Kharge and Digvijaya Singh on Thursday met Treasurer Ahmed Patel separately at the party office here. Senior leaders have been meeting Congress veterans in a bid to persuade party President Rahul Gandhi to take back his offer to step down, which he made […]
Rajiv Gandhi lost his life due to BJP’s hatred: Ahmed Patel
New Delhi: Congress leader Ahmed Patel hit out at the BJP on Thursday for its attack on the late Rajiv Gandhi, saying the former Prime Minister lost his life due to hatred as the then BJP-backed government refused to provide him additional security. Patel tweeted that abusing a “martyred” Prime Minster was a sign of […]
Congress questions suspension over PM chopper check
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel on Thursday asked the Election Commission (EC) why did it suspend a General Observer for allegedly checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter in Odisha’s Sambalpur on Tuesday. “There have been instances where during polls the EC was allowed to check convoys of both current […]
Ahmed Patel attacks Modi for flip-flop on Pakistan
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his flip-flop policy on Pakistan and his questioning the patriotism of opposition leaders, saying that describing ideological opponents as sympathisers of terrorism also amounts to “treason”. “If Modiji talks to Pakistan, it is in national interest, but if […]
Ahmed Patel questions EC for delay in announcing poll dates
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Monday pointed fingers at the Election Commission (EC) over the delay in the announcement of dates for the Lok Sabha polls and accused the EC of giving a long rope to the Narendra Modi-led government. “Is the Election Commission waiting for the Prime Minister’s ‘official’ travel programmes […]
Rahul Gandhi appoints Ahmed Patel as party treasurer
New Delhi : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appointed senior leader Ahmed Patel as the party treasurer and Rajya Sabha member Anand Sharma as the chairperson of its Foreign Affairs Department. Former Goa Congress chief Luizinho Falerio was appointed General Secretary in-charge of Northeast states, while former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was made […]