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| name = Jethabhai Bhurabhai Rathod<br />
| native_name = જેઠાભાઈ ભુરાભાઈ રાઠોડ<br />
| office = Member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 1967<br />
| predecessor = [[Maljibhai Sangrambhai Dabhi]]<br />
| term_end = 1971<br />
| successor = Maljibhai Sangrambhai Dabhi<br />
| party = [[Swatantra Party]]<br />
| other_party =<br />
| constituency = [[Khedbrahma (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khedbrahma]]<br />
| birth_date = 1936/1937<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = {{death date|df=y|2023|05|12}} (aged 86)<br />
| death_place = Tebda, [[Sabarkantha district]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| spouse = Shardaben<br />
| children = 5 sons, 4 daughters <br />
}}<br />
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'''Jethabhai Bhurabhai Rathod''' (1936/1937 – 12 May 2023) was an Indian politician from [[Gujarat]] state who had served as the member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Khedbrahma (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khedbrahma]] from 1967 to 1971.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2023-05-14 |title=Gujarat: 'BPL cardholder' ex-MLA from Khedbrahma no more |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/bpl-cardholder-ex-mla-from-khedbrahma-no-more/articleshow/100219561.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-05-14 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Rathod contested Taluka Panchayat election in 1967 and lost by only 195 votes.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=2022-11-09 |title=From power to poverty: These ex-MLAs in Gujarat have seen it all |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/gujarat/news/from-power-to-poverty-these-ex-mlas-in-gujarat-have-seen-it-all/articleshow/95391312.cms |access-date=2023-05-23 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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As a candidate of the [[Swatantra Party]], he defeated the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate in the [[1967 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]]<!---by margin of 17000 votes-->. He had campaigned on a bicycle in the election. He served as the member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Khedbrahma (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khedbrahma]] from 1967 to 1971.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-06-24 |title=पेंशन भी नहीं, BPL कार्ड से कट रही जिंदगी... झकझोर देगी गुजरात के इस पूर्व विधायक की कहानी |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/gujarat/story/gujarat-former-mla-jethabhai-rathod-live-bpl-ration-card-help-sons-doing-wages-lcl-1487581-2022-06-24 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=आज तक |language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":4" /><br />
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Rathod used to go by the state transport bus to attend the Assembly. He lived in the poverty for rest of his life and held [[Below Poverty Line]] card for the government assistance.<ref>{{Cite news |title=ધારાસભ્ય બને એટલે વૈભવની છોળો ઉડે એ જરૂરી નથી, વાંચો આ માજી ધારાસભ્યની ખુમારી વિશે |url=https://www.gujaratsamachar.com/news/sabarkantha/jethabhai-rathod-very-honest-and-only-mla-of-gujarat-who-is-living-in-poverty |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=[[Gujarat Samachar]]|language=gu}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He did not receive any pension.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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After a month of age related illness, he died on 12 May 2023 in Tebda village at age of 86.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2023-05-13 |title=ખેડબ્રહ્માના પૂર્વ ધારાસભ્યનું અવસાન:જેઠાભાઈ રાઠોડ 86 વર્ષની વયે અવસાન પામ્યાં; એક મહિનાથી બીમાર હોવાથી ખાટલામાં હતા અને શુક્રવારે પરિવાર સાથે વાતો કરતા કરતા આંખો મીંચાઈ ગઈ હતી |work=[[Divya Bhaskar]] |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/local/gujarat/sabarkantha/news/jethabhai-rathore-dies-at-86-he-was-ill-in-bed-for-a-month-and-on-friday-while-talking-to-his-family-his-eyes-closed-131278317.html|language=gu}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-05-13 |title=Sabarkantha: ખેડબ્રહ્માના પૂર્વ ધારાસભ્યનું નિધન, સાઈકલ પર કરતા હતા ચૂંટણી પ્રચાર |url=https://gujarati.abplive.com/news/gujarat/jethabhai-bhurabhai-rathor-former-mla-of-khedbrahma-passed-away-837542 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=ABP Live Gujarati |language=gu}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> His body was cremated next day on the bank of [[Sabarmati River]] near his village. His funeral was attended by [[Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary]], an incumbent legislative assembly member from Khedbrahma, and other local politicians.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Rathod lived in Tebda village in Poshina Taluka of [[Sabarkantha district]] in Gujarat.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> He married Shardaben and another lady.<ref name=":3" /> He had five sons and four daughters.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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[[Category:1930s births]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]<br />
[[Category:2023 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1967–1971]]<br />
[[Category:Swatantra Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Sabarkantha district]]</div>Iautomationtraining Hub