Senior Congress leader and a close confidante of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, died at 71 on Wednesday. His son, Faisal Patel took to social media to announce death of his father.
Rasheed Kidwai said there is a jousting within the Congress party for the post of 'effective party manager' as Ahmed Patel continues to remain critically ill
Rajiv Saxena, the prime accused turned approver in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper scam, claimed that kickbacks received from Agusta Westland were to be shared with political leaders who had influenced the decision.
"Anyone who has a genuine interest in the internal working dynamics of Congress would welcome our proposal to have every state & district president as being elected. The entire Congress Working Committee should be elected", said Azad.
During the three days of questioning, Ahmed Patel was grilled for more than 26 hours and was asked 128 questions in connection with the money laundering case against Gujarat based Chetan Sandesara and Nitin Sandesara.
Congress leader Ahmed Patel has sent a letter to the Enforcement Directorate and has used 'corona' as an excuse to evade questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in the over Rs 14,000 crore Sandesara scam.