Pune (SunstarTV Bureau): Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Rajiv Satav, who tested Positive for Covid-19 in April on Sunday passed away after being on ventilator support at a private hospital in Pune. He was 46.
According to sources, Satav was diagnosed with a new viral infection and was in critical condition.
The Rajya Sabha MP, a member of the AICC and considered a bulwark of his party in the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions, had tested positive on April 22.
He was later admitted to the city’s Jehangir Hospital and put on ventilator support since his condition worsened, said doctors.
Expressing his anguish, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala took to Twitter to say he was stunned by the loss.
