‘Denied Each Step…’: Congress Veteran Ahmed Patel’s Son Faisal Breaks Ties With Grand-Previous Get together – News18
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In a heartfelt message shared on X, Faisal mirrored on his difficult journey throughout the grand outdated social gathering, saying that he had tried to observe in his father’s footsteps however felt constantly sidelined.
Faisal Patel (File)
Faisal Patel, son of late veteran Congress chief Ahmed Patel on Thursday revealed that he would ‘cease working’ for Congress. Whereas saying his resolution, he expressed deep ache and disappointment.
In a heartfelt message shared on X, Faisal mirrored on his difficult journey throughout the grand outdated social gathering, saying that he had tried to observe in his father’s footsteps however felt constantly sidelined.
“With nice ache & anguish, I’ve determined to cease working for INC India. It’s been a tricky journey for a lot of, many. My late father Ahmed Patel gave his total life working for the nation, social gathering & the Gandhi household. I attempted following his footsteps however was denied each step of the way in which. I’ll proceed to work for mankind in any approach doable. The congress social gathering will stay my household as It has at all times been. I need to thank all of the congress leaders, social gathering employees and properly wishers who’ve supported me,” he mentioned on X.
With nice ache & anguish, I’ve determined to cease working for @INCIndia . It’s been a tricky journey for a lot of, many https://t.co/Qn2HzURyXw late father @ahmedpatel gave his total life working for the nation, social gathering & the #Gandhi household. I attempted following his footsteps however was…— Faisal Ahmed Patel (@mfaisalpatel) February 13, 2025
Tensions brewed between Faisal and the grand outdated social gathering when in 2024, Congress ceded the important thing Gujarat seat, Bharuch, recognized with Patel household to Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Hours after the seat-sharing announcement of Congress and AAP in Gujarat for the Lok Sabha elections, Mumtaz Patel, the daughter of Ahmed Patel, expressed disappointment over the AAP bagging the Bharuch seat.
Moreover, Faisal had additionally brazenly expressed his resentment in opposition to the grand-old social gathering and added that he’s conserving his choices open as “he has been bored with ready”.
Who Was Ahmed Patel?
Ahmed Patel was a senior chief from Gujarat and political secretary of Sonia Gandhi. Ahmed Patel was the MP from Bharuch for eight phrases — thrice from the Lok Sabha. In the course of the UPA authorities between 2004 and 2014, he was one of many prime leaders of the social gathering. He handed away in 2020.
Throughout his political profession, Ahmed Patel had not made any formal entry of his kids into politics. He had an enormous following in Gujarat throughout social gathering strains and had vital affect at his house turf in Bharuch.
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Bharuch, India, India
