Ahmed Patel Politician
Ahmed Patel (born 21 August 1949) is a Member of Parliament in India. He is the key political strategist and one of the senior leaders in the Indian National Congress party. He is widely credited with the party’s performance in the 2004 and 2009 General elections. Presently Patel is the Political Secretary of the Congress President Sonia Gandhi., since 2001.Patel has risen through ranks and files of the Congress Party to emerge as one of the most powerful politicians in India. He is active in politics by contesting local body elections in the Bharuch District of Gujarat in 1976. Since then, he has virtually occupied every major position in the party’s state and central wings. Patel has represented Gujarat seven times in the Parliament of India, three times in the lower house or Lok Sabha (1977 – 1989) and four times in the Upper House or Rajya Sabha (1993 till Present). As of date he is the only Muslim parliamentarian from the state of Gujarat.During the UPA Government regime between 2004 and 2014, Patel was one of the chief troubleshooters and coordinators between the government and party. He is known to keep a low profile and rarely interacts with the media. Apart from politics, Patel is extensively involved in philanthropic and charitable activities, particularly in his home district of Bharuch.