The Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel today for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election from Gujarat filed his nomination papers as the party's candidate.If re-elected again, Patel will become a Rajya Sabha member for the fifth time.

In 1993 he was elected for the first time for the Upper House of the Parliament. The term of three- Smriti Irani (BJP), Dilipbhai Pandya (BJP) and Ahmed Patel (Congress) - is coming to an end on August 18.

The 67-year-old Patel has been re-nominated as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election from Gujarat. 

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