$ 0 0 Congress president Sonia Gandhi's political secretary Ahmed Patel has strongly denied the claims made by BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi in an interview given to Doordarshan."I will quit public life, if Modi can prove I went to his house since he became the chief minister of Gujarat," Ahmed Patel told Times Now, reacting to Modi's interview, which was edited by DD. The Congress leader said the claims made by Modi are "ridiculous and baseless".He denied being good friends with Modi, as claimed by the Gujarat chief minister. "I have never sought any favours from him", he said. Using Advani to hit out at Modi, Ahmed Patel said, "I he can't even invite Advaniji for a meal, how can he invite me." Ahmed Patel had on Thursday told TOI that he had lunch with Modi once in 1980 and that too in the knowledge of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. A reference by Narendra Modi to Congress leader Ahmed Patel as a "good friend" who has stopped taking calls was edited out by Doordarshan when the national broadcaster telecast an interview with Modi on Sunday."Ahmedbhai is among the best friends I have in Congress but not now ... I had a good friendship with him and would have preferred that it had remained so ... but he now runs away from me and doesn't take my calls," Modi had said in the interview.