A native of Visnagar, Shardaben Patel is the wife of late BJP leader Anil Patel. Anil was a cabinet minister in the first Narendra Modi government of Gujarat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was given the opportunity to serve as chief minister of Gujarat and then as prime minister of the country even though he had no political or dynastic background, or a caste support. Modi was speaking after laying the foundation stone virtually for a boys' hostel on the outskirts of Surat, being constructed by the Saurashtra Patel