Bhavsinh Rathod

Bhavsinh Dahyabhai Rathod (died 29 May 2021) was a politician from Gujarat, India.

Bhavsinh Rathod
MLA of Gujarat
In office
2007–2012
ConstituencySami
MLA of Gujarat
In office
1995–1998
ConstituencySami
Personal details
Died2021
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress (1990-95, 2007-09, 2012-), Bharatiya Janata Party (2009-12)

He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sami constituency in 9th and 12th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Rathod was a decoit. He later left decoity and joined politics.[2]

He contested 1990 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Sami-Harij constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress but lost. He again contested 1995 Gujarat legislative assembly election as an independent and won. He contested 2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election as an INC candidate and won.[2][3]

In 2009, he resigned as an INC MLA to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and contested 2009 Indian general election from Patan as a BJP candidate but lost to INC candidate Jagdish Thakor.[3][4] He won legislative assembly bye-election in 2009 and retained his seat as BJP candidate from Sami.[5] He rejoined INC in 2012.[6] He contested 2014 Indian general election from Patan as an INC candidate[7] but lost.[8]

He was arrested in 2013 in connection with hashish smuggling and a case against him was registered in Ernakulam in 1989 in which he was convicted.[2]

He died on 9 May 2021 in Ahmedabad due to COVID-19 infections on his kidney.[9]

References
  1. "TWELFTH GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". Gujarat assembly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  2. "Dacoit-turned-MLA Bhavsinh Rathod gets 83 years jail for smuggling hashish". India Today. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. "Bhavsinh Rathod likely to join Congress". The Times of India. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. "Cong MLA resigns conditionally". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. "Sami assembly election results in Gujarat". elections.traceall.in. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. "Sami MLA Rathod back in Congress". The Times of India. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. "Keen contest expected in North Gujarat seat of Patan". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  8. "લોકસભાની ચૂંટણીમાં હારેલા ઉમેદવારોએ વિધાનસભાની ચૂંટણીમાં ટીકીટની હઠ પકડતાં કોંગ્રેસ ચિંતાતુર - GSTV". 15 October 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  9. "Patan: Former MLA Bhavsinh Rathod passes away due to Covid-19 in Ahmedabad's hospital | TV9News". YouTube.
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