Country In Safe Hands”: Faisal Ahmed Patel Praises Modi Government

“Country In Safe Hands”: Faisal Ahmed Patel Praises Modi Government

Earlier this year, Faisal Patel had posted on X that he had decided to stop working for Congress

Congress stalwart late Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal has praised the Narendra Modi government and said the “country is in safe hands”, but clarified that he is not upset with the Congress and has taken a break from public life. This comes months after the 44-year-old announced that he had decided to “stop working” for the Congress and that he was “denied” the chance to follow in his father’s footsteps.

The late Ahmed Patel was a three-time Lok Sabha MP from Gujarat’s Bharuch and a Rajya Sabha member for nearly three decades. Considered the top strategist in the Grand Old Party, he was former UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s political advisor and Congress’s key crisis manager. Mr Patel died of Covid in 2020.

Faisal praised the Narendra Modi government. Referring to the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, he said, “It can’t be better than who’s running the show. The armed forces have done a great job, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi showed great leadership and brought us out of a huge crisis. It’s a big deal. I am proud of our armed forces. I have a lot of respect for (External Affairs Minister S) Jaishankar. How Modiji picks up bureaucrats, makes them leaders, and puts them in ministerial roles is a very good thing.