Govindrao Rathod (died 26 October 2014) was a member of the 13th

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. He represented the

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Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the

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(BJP). He died soon after being elected & without swearing-in. He was 62 at the time of his death.

Career

Rathod was a long time member of the

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. He was twice president of the Mukhed Municipal Council and a member of the Nanded Zilla Parishad. He joined the BJP, before the October, 2014 Assembly elections. In October, 2014 he was elected to the state assembly.

Death

On 28 October 2014, Rathod was travelling to Mumbai by the train

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, he complained of chest pain and suffered a heart attack around 10.30 pm, near Jalna, he was taken to a hospital in Jalna, but was declared dead on arrival.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rathod, Govind Mukkaji Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra 2014 deaths 1952 births People from Nanded district Maharashtra district councillors