After his term ended as MLA, Abdul Sattar contested the legislative assembly elections of 2004, losing by 301 votes.
He was elected as the MLA for the Sillod constituency from the Aurangabad district in 2009, winning by a margin of 30,000 votes with the help of local political leader Prabhakarr Palodkar, who had recently rejoined the Congress party after 12 years.
In 2014, he won a second term in the legislative assembly,[5] and was appointed a cabinet minister with the animal husbandry, fisheries and dairy development portfolio.
[12] In March 2019, Sattar was expecting to become the Congress Party candidate for the Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency for the 2019 Indian general election.
[21] In late June 2019, Sattar met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, fueling speculation that he may join the party.