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. She was elected unopposed by election in November 2021 to the Legislative Council by MLAs. She is also serving as a Vice President of

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since August 2021.

Life

Satav is the widow of former MP from

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. He died of complications as a result of

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on 16 May 2021 at the age of 46. The seat of

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became vacant when he died on 23 September 2021 and Satav was put forward as the Congress Party Candidate. The BJP candidate was

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but he withdrew before the election leaving Satav to be elected unopposed. Sanjay Khedekar had withdrawn at the request of

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after he was requested to not have a BJP candidate by Congress party leaders. She is the only woman MLC from the Congress Party in Maharashtra. Her husband shared close relations with the Gandhi family.

References

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