Govind Mukkaji Rathod
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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Govindrao Rathod (died 26 October 2014){{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Mukhed-mourns-death-of-newly-elected-MLA-Govind-Rathod/articleshow/44954898.cms|title=Mukhed mourns death of newly-elected MLA Govind Rathod|last=Rizwanullah|first=Syed|date=2014-10-28|work=Times of India|accessdate=25 July 2015}} was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Mukhed Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharashtra-assembly-poll-results-bjp-shiv-sena-ncp-congress/1/396659.html|title=Results of Maharashtra Assembly polls 2014 |work=India Today|accessdate=2015-07-25}} He died soon after being elected & without swearing-in. He was 62 at the time of his death.{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141028/jsp/nation/story_18972517.jsp#.VbPXMqSqqko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029190806/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141028/jsp/nation/story_18972517.jsp#.VbPXMqSqqko|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2014|title=Death & power flurry|date=2014-10-28|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=25 July 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|nationality = {{flag|India}}
|birth_date = 1952
|death_date = {{death date and age|2014|10|26|1952|df=y}}
|party= Bharatiya Janata Party
|office = Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
|term_start = 19 October 2014
|term_end = 26 October 2014
|predecessor = Hanmant Venketrao Patil, INC
|successor = Tushar Rathod, BJP
|office2 = Mukhed Municipal Council
}}
Career
Rathod was a long time member of the Indian National Congress. 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 Devagiri Express, 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Newly-Elected-Maharashtra-BJP-Legislator-Govind-M-Rathod-Dead/2014/10/27/article2495731.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112215937/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Newly-Elected-Maharashtra-BJP-Legislator-Govind-M-Rathod-Dead/2014/10/27/article2495731.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 November 2014|title=Newly Elected Maharashtra BJP Legislator Govind M Rathod Dead|date=2014-10-27|work=The New Indian Express|accessdate=25 July 2015}}
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Category:Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra