The 71-year-old veteran was known to be Congress’ backroom poll strategist, consensus-builder and troubleshooter. Party leaders say his political astuteness was unparalleled.
Ahmed Patel was one of the closest aides of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and was her political adviser. He had often steered the party out of difficult situations. He was 71.
The senior Congress leader had announced that he tested positive for Covid-19 on 1 October. He has now been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.
Congress leader Ahmed Patel says news debates have been reduced to a ‘poisonous fatal activity’, but BJP’s Sudhanshu Mittal says Congress is also guilty of toxic TV debates.
Ramachandra Guha had tweeted a 1939 quote by Spratt that drew criticism from Finance Minister Sitharaman, Gujarat CM Rupani and Congress leader Ahmed Patel.
The resignations are a setback for Congress that has, since March, lost eight party MLAs, reducing its strength in the assembly to 65, against BJP’s 103.
How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.
After negative growth in 2022-23, air cargo volumes grew 18% year-on-year from October 2023 to March 2024 and 20% year-on-year from April 2024 to August 2024.
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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