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Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva | |
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| Member of the India Parliament for Chhota Udaipur | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | Chhota Udaipur |
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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