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. Dhote left Congress soon, and founded Vidharbha Janta Congress (VJC) Party on 9 September 2002. He was elected to Maharashtra Assembly 5 times. He was elected from Yavatmal in 1962 and 1967 elections as a Forward Bloc candidate, and in 1978 as Congress member. He was Member of Parliament from

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in 1971 to 5th Lok Sabha, defeating his Congress rival. When Indira Gandhi split Congress in January 1978, he joined her Congress(I) party. He was elected for second time from Nagpur in 1980 to 7th Lok Sabha as a Congress candidate. He died on 18 February 2017 due to a

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. He can be remembered as the only 'mass leader' of Vidarbha to date.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhote, Jambuwantrao India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1980–1984 Maharashtra MLAs 1962–1967 Maharashtra MLAs 1967–1972 Maharashtra MLAs 1978–1980 Marathi politicians 1939 births 2017 deaths Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Candidates in the 2014 Indian general election All India Forward Bloc politicians Samajwadi Janata Party politicians Jharkhand Party politicians Indian National Congress politicians People from Yavatmal district Politicians from Nagpur