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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Rajeev Satav‌
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1974|9|21}}
| birth_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India
| positions held: Member Taluka Panchayat(2002-2007).Member and Chairperson Agriculture Committee Zilla Parishad, President MPYC (2008 -2010) , MLA Maharashtra (2009-2014), MP(2014-19,2020-21)
| residence =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|5|16|1974|9|21}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/congress-mp-rajeev-satav-dies-after-recovering-from-covid-19/articleshow/82675109.cms | title=Congress MP Rajeev Satav dies after recovering from COVID-19 | newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] | date=16 May 2021 | accessdate=16 May 2021}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| office = [[Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament<br>Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start = 2 April 2020
| term_end = 16 May 2021
| predecessor = [[Husain Dalwai]]
| successor = [[Rajni Patil]]
| constituency = Maharashtra
| office2 = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament,<br>Lok Sabha]]
| constituency2 = [[Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hingoli]]
| term_start2 = 16 May 2014
| term_end2 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Subhash Bapurao Wankhede]]
| successor2 = [[Hemant Sriram Patil]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[ILS Law College]], Pune
| Caste =
| profession =
| website =
| spouse = [[Pradnya Rajeev Satav]]
| children = Son 1, Daughter 1
| footnotes =
| date = March
| year = 2020
| source = https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-rajeev-shankarrao-satav
}}
'''Rajeev Shankarrao Satav''' (21 September 1974 – 16 May 2021<ref name="HindustanTimes20210516Cytomegalovirus">{{Cite web|date=16 May 2021|title=Congress MP Rajeev Satav succumbs to Cytomegalovirus|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/congress-mp-rajeev-satav-succumbs-to-cytomegalovirus-101621138875164.html|access-date=16 May 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>) was an Indian politician from the [[Indian National Congress]].
At the time of his death, he was the member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] the upper house of [[Indian Parliament]] from Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/others/sharad-pawar-ramdas-athawale-udayanraje-bhosale-among-seven-elected-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/74695518.cms | title=Sharad Pawar, Ramdas Athawale, Udayanraje Bhosale among seven elected to Rajya Sabha | publisher=Pune Mirror | date=18 March 2020 | accessdate=19 March 2020}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was formerly Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha from [[Hingoli]] in Maharashtra. He defeated Subhash Wankhede, [[Shiv Sena|Shiv Sena MP]] and a two time MLA. He has the distinction of wresting the [[Kalamnuri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalamnuri]] Assembly seat in [[Marathwada]] region from the [[Shiv Sena]] after 20 years in the [[2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2009 elections.]]
He was the [[All India Congress Committee]] (AICC) In charge for the State of Gujarat & Permanent Invitee to Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of Indian National Congress.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/rahul-constitutes-23-member-cwc-drops-some-senior-leaders-118071701375_1.html |title=Rahul constitutes 23-member CWC, drops some senior leaders |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |date=17 July 2018 |website=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> Before his appointment as In Charge of Gujarat<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/satav-replaces-gehlot-as-gujarat-congress-in-charge/articleshow/63550897.cms |title=Rajeev Satav replaces Gehlot as Gujarat Congress in-charge |date=31 March 2018 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> he was also the AICC Secretary in charge for Saurashtra region during the [[2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat Vidhan Sabha Elections 2017]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/ashok-gehlot-appointed-as-the-congress-general-secretary-in-charge-for-gujarat/968527 |title=Ashok Gehlot Appointed As the Congress General Secretary In-Charge For Gujarat |date=26 April 2017 |website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]}}</ref> where Congress won the maximum seats.

Rajeev Satav was also a member of the Screening Committee for the [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections 2017]]. He was President of the [[Indian Youth Congress]] from February 2010 to December 2014. Before occupying the position of President, Indian Youth Congress, he was President of Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress from May 2008 to February 2010.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Rajeev Satav was appointed the Member of Drafting Committee, Sub Group: Political Committee & Constitution Amendment Committee for the AICC Plenary Session 2018. Rajeev Satav was a Member of India - European Union Parliamentary Friendship Group & the Indian Parliamentary Group.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

==Member of Parliament==

He was Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha (Upper House). Rajeev Satav was elected to the [[16th Lok Sabha]] in 2014 from [[Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hingoli constituency]] in Maharashtra after winning a closely fought election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Chavan-Satav-save-the-day-for-Congress-in-Maharashtra/articleshow/35230077.cms|title=Chavan, Satav save the day for Congress in Maharashtra - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> The constituency is spread over two regions, Marathwada and Vidarbha.

Termed as a voice with clarity, Rajeev Satav has opened the Congress's response in Parliament on [[Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016|Aadhaar Bill]],<ref>{{Citation|last=Rajeev Satav|title=Speech on Aadhar Bill Dt 11 03 2016|date=18 March 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMFHjOusv0I&t=319s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/nMFHjOusv0I |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|accessdate=6 January 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Skill Development, Constitutional Amendment for National Commission for Backward Classes Repeal Bill 2017 and others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/1bqkzPswxnHfLig2OiH66J/Rajeev-Satavthe-Congress-crusader.html |title=Rajeev Satav—the Congress crusader |author=Anuja |date=23 March 2016 |newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> Important parliamentary debates he's taken part in include those on agrarian crisis, [[MNREGA]], drought, railways, Supplementary Demand for Grants, IIM Bill, Companies Law (Amendment) Bill and motion of thanks on President's address.<ref name="prsindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/rajeevshankarraosatav|title=PRS|website=www.prsindia.org|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> He was a member of multiple [[Standing committee (India)|Parliamentary committees]], which are Standing Committee on Railways, Standing Committee on Defence, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes, [[Joint parliamentary committee|Joint Parliamentary Committee]] on Land Acquisition Bill and Consultative Committee on Youth Affairs & Sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/commiteemembership.aspx?mpsno=4798|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> Rajeev Satav was also a member of Internal Parliamentary Committee of Congress Party which is tasked with examining Legislative Business during Parliament Session & Parliamentary Committee meetings.

Mr. Satav has raised important issues pertaining to [[Hingoli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hingoli constituency]] and Maharashtra along with national issues through Supplementary Questions, Zero Hour Notices, and matters under Rule 377. Some issues by Mr. Satav include the demand for allowing admission to girl cadets in NDA, Farmers issue in Maharashtra, Need for a law to protect journalists, CAG report on Lack of Ammunition, anomalies in EPFO data, Demand for financial assistance to farmers affected due to drought, Need to review the increase in amount towards school development fund charged from students of Navodaya Vidyalayas & Demand of Loan Waiver for farmers in Maharashtra. His demand in the Lok Sabha resulted in an increase in the number of examination centers in Maharashtra for NEET Exams.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

He has a Parliament attendance record of 81% which is higher than the national average. He has participated in 205 debates and asked 1075 questions (5th highest nationally) in the 16th Lok Sabha. He has introduced 23 [[private member's bill]]s, (5th highest nationally) which include establishing Supreme Court circuit benches in India's metros, compulsory teaching of agricultural education and lowering of age to contest MP, MLA and MLC elections, Granting Paternity Benefit, High Court Bench at Hingoli, Special Package for the State of Maharashtra, Amendment in All India Services Act to ensure periodic review of bureaucrats, drafting of law in plain language bill, Unemployment Allowance Bill, The Agricultural Workers Welfare Fund Bill, 2018 etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/privatedebate.aspx?&mpsno=4798&lsno=16|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.194|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="prsindia1"/>

Rajeev Satav is a four-time consecutive winner of the Sansad Ratna Award, an honour given to the top-performing Indian MPs. He has the second highest overall tally of initiated Debates, Private Members Bills and Questions among the First time MPs in the Lok Sabha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sansadratna.in/2017/06/sansad-ratna-award-function-2017-at.html|title=Sansad Ratna Award function 2017 - At a glance - 14 minute video podcast|last=Srinivasan|first=Prime Point|website=www.sansadratna.in|access-date=16 June 2017}}</ref>

Rajeev Satav was also conferred the "Bharat Asmita Jana Pratinidhi Shreshtha-2018 - Best Young Exponent of Parliamentary Practices" by MIT School of governance, Pune.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

In the year 2020 Mr. Satav got elected to the [[Rajya Sabha|upper house of the Indian Parliament]] as a candidate of [[Indian National Congress|INC]]. He submitted his Rajya Sabha nomination on 13 March in the presence of [[Uddhav Thackeray]],
[[Prithviraj Chavan]], [[Ashok Chavan]], [[Balasaheb Thorat]], [[Jayant Patil]] and other leaders. He was in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=7&tab=1|title=Committee : Loksabha}}</ref> and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Civil Aviation. <ref>https://mpa.gov.in/about-us/consultative-committee/compositions-of-committees/4</ref> As a member of the Rajya Sabha, he spoke on the Finance Bill 2021 putting forth an in-depth analysis of the Bill. <ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/ojBMLBQ4I9o Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210325161339/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojBMLBQ4I9o Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojBMLBQ4I9o| title = Rajeev Satav's Remarks {{!}} The Finance Bill 2021 | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Opposing 2020 Indian agriculture acts==
On 21 September 2020, Rajiv Satav along with seven other members were suspended from the [[Rajya Sabha]] for their unruly behaviour in the house by tearing documents, breaking mics, and heckling the [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/derek-obrien-7-other-opposition-mps-suspended-over-rajya-sabha-ruckus-on-farm-bills-2311133.html|title = Derek O'Brien, 7 other Opposition MPS suspended over Rajya Sabha ruckus on farm bills|date = 21 September 2020}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Motion-seeking-suspension-of-MPs-who-intimidated-deputy-chair-Harivansh-likely-in-Rajya-Sabha-tomorrow/20-09-2020-322734|title = Motion seeking suspension of MPS, who intimidated deputy chair Harivansh, likely in Rajya Sabha tomorrow}}</ref>

== Death ==
He died in [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India after spending 23 days in hospital due to post-[[COVID-19]] complications with an [[cytomegalovirus]] infection.<ref name="HindustanTimes20210516Cytomegalovirus"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=16 May 2021|title=Congress MP Rajeev Satav dies after recovering from COVID-19|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajeev-satav-dead-covid-19-7317035/|access-date=16 May 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303213208/http://indianyouthcongress.in/ Indian Youth Congress]
*[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4798&lastls=16 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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