Career
He represented the Mukhed Assembly Constituency. He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He died soon after being elected.
He was 62 at the time of his death.
He joined the BJP, before the October, 2014 Assembly elections. In October, 2014 he was elected to the state assembly.
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.
