Congress leader Ahmed Patel passes away due to multiple organ failure

Senior Congress leer Ahmed Patel, who was undergoing treatment at a Gurugram hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, passed away in wee hours of Wednesday at of 71. In a tweet, his son Faisal Patel said that Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat died at 3.30 am on Wednesday.

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"With profound grief & sorrow, I regret to anunce s & untimely demise of my far, Mr Ahmed Patel at 25/11/2020, 03:30 AM. After testing positive for COVID-19 around a month back, his health worsened furr due to multiple organ failures. May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus, inshallah," Faisal Patel tweeted.

He requested all ir well-wishers to here to COVID-19 regulations by avoiding mass garings and "also maintain social distancing rms at all times."

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Ahmed Patel, also Treasurer of Indian National Congress, h tested positive for COVID-19 on October 1 and was mitted to Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on vember 15. On October 1, Patel, while disclosing that he was tested positive for COVID-19, h urged all those who came in contact with him in past few days to undergo self-isolation.

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(Im credits: PTI)