Veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel passes away following Covid-19 complications | Oneindia News
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Veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel passes away following Covid-19 complications | Oneindia News
Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, a close aide of Sonia Gandhi, died at a Gurgaon hospital on Wednesday morning at the age of 71.
The veteran politician had been at Medanta Hospital since his health worsened after a Covid-19 infection.
In a tweet, his son Faisal Patel said that the Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat died at 3.30am.
Patel had announced on Twitter on October 1 that he contracted coronavirus.
Last week, his daughter said he was stable and "significantly better" than at the time of hospitalisation.
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