Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has appointed Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel in Gujarat state Haj Committee. Modi had earlier appointed Patel in Gujarat Wakf Board as a member on February 20th. Though Patel’s supporters had described his appoint in Wakf board by Modi as gimmick, Ahmed Patel himself has not uttered a word on the development till now.

The Chief Minister has also appointed Congress party’s MLA from Wankaner Shri Mohammad Javid Abdulmutalib Pirzada as member in the committee.

Those appointed as member are Shri Sufi Sant Maheboobali Bava Saheb(Surat), Shri Yunusbhai Sheikh(Surendranagar), Shri Iliyaskhan Pathan(Rajkot), Shri Nazirkhan Sherjummakhan Talukdar(Raja Saheb), Shri Rafikbhai Habibbhai Meman(Ahmedabad), Shri Din Mohammad Autha(Bhavnagar), Principal Mohammadali Kadri(Patan), Shri Ahemadhussain Miya Haji Sikandarmiya Saiyad(Rajkot), Shri Asgar Ali Adhariya(Banaskantha), Shri Salamaben Ismail Ambawala(Dahod) and Shri Ikramkhan Ibhramin Patel(Bharuch).