Congress MP Rajeev Satav dies after recovering from COVID-19

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, state Congress leaders were continuosly in touch with hospital treating him, he said.

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“Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi is deeply pained by the tragic loss of Shri Rajeev Satav, CWC member, Congress MP, a trusted colleague and friend to all of us,” read a statement from the party. “It is also a personal loss to her.”

He was elected to Lok Sabha from Hingoli in Maharashtra in 2014 but didnot contest in 2019. However, the Congress got him elected to Rajya Sabha. He was son of former state minister Rajani Satav.

Satav was Congress General Secretary and incharge of party affairs in Gujarat.

He was earlier president of Indian Youth Congress. He had his higher education in Pune.