Dr Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel, IG to those who knew him well, was an economist with a stellar reputation and years of experience in both the central government and international financial institutions. While IG was regarded by his peers as a thorough professional, the fact that he was from Gujarat and had worked directly under Morarji Desai, a fellow Gujarati, during Desai’s long innings as finance minister in Nehru’s and Indira’s governments, may have made Indira Gandhi regard him as ‘Morarji’s man’,
