Arjun Charan Sethi

Arjun Charan Sethi
Arjun Charan Sethi
Member: 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha
Constituency	Bhadrak
Personal details
Born	18 September 1941; Balasore, Odisha
Died	8 June 2020 (aged 78); Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Nationality	Indian
Political party	BJP
Spouse	Subhadra Sethi
Children	3 Sons And 2 Daughters
Residence(s)	Bhadrak, Odisha
	As of 22 September, 2006

Arjun Charan Sethi (18 September 1941 – June 8, 2020)^[1] was an Indian politician who represented Bhadrak constituency in Odisha in Lok Sabha 8 times. Over his career, he belonged first to Congress Party, later to Biju Janata Dal, and finally BJP at the time of his death.

In 1971, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bhadrak as a Congress candidate for the first time. He was re-elected in 1980 from the same constituency as an Indian National Congress (I) candidate. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 as a Janata Dal candidate from the same constituency. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009 from the same constituency as a Biju Janata Dal candidate. He was the Union Minister of water resources in Atal Bihari Vajpayee led government from 2000 to 2004.

In 2019, he left Biju Janata Dal to join Bharatiya Janata Party with his son Abhimanyu Sethi. He died on 8 June 2020, in a hospital in Bhubaneswar.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Former Union Minister Arjun Charan Sethi Dies At 79". NDTV.com.

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Party political offices
Preceded by	Leader of the Biju Janata Dal Party in the 15th Lok Sabha 2009-2014	Succeeded by Bhartruhari Mahtab

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[ndtv-1] "Former Union Minister Arjun Charan Sethi Dies At 79". NDTV.com.

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v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Odisha
BJD (19)	Arjun Charan Sethi Arka Keshari Deo Balabhadra Majhi Bhartruhari Mahtab Hemendra Chandra Singh Jhina Hikaka Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Kulamani Samal Ladu Kishore Swain Nagendra Kumar Pradhan Pinaki Misra Prabhas Kumar Singh Prasanna Kumar Patasani Rabindra Kumar Jena Rama Chandra Hansdah Rita Tarai Siddhanta Mahapatra Tathagata Satpathy Sakuntala Laguri
BJP (1)	Jual Oram
Independent (1)	Jay Panda (previously BJD)
Bye-election	Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh (BJD) Pre-bye poll: Hemendra Chandra Singh - deceased
15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Odisha
BJD (14)	Arjun Charan Sethi Baijayant Panda Bhartruhari Mahtab Jayaram Pangi Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Laxman Tudu Mohan Jena Nityananda Pradhan Pinaki Misra Prasanna Kumar Patasani Rudra Madhab Ray Siddhanta Mahapatra Tathagata Satpathy Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri
Congress (6)	Amarnath Pradhan Bhakta Charan Das Hemananda Biswal Pradeep Kumar Majhi Sanjay Bhoi Srikant Kumar Jena
CPI (1)	Bibhu Prasad Tarai
14th LS members 16th LS members

v t e Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Odisha
BJD (11)	Archana Nayak Arjun Charan Sethi Bhartruhari Mahtab Braja Kishore Tripathy Brahmananda Panda Harihar Swain Mohan Jena Prasanna Acharya Prasanna Kumar Patasani Sugrib Singh Tathagata Satapathy
BJP (7)	Ananta Nayak Bikram Keshari Deo Dharmendra Pradhan Jual Oram Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Parsuram Majhi Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Congress (2)	Chandra Sekhar Sahu Giridhar Gamang
JMM (1)	Sudam Marndi
13th LS members 15th LS members

v t e Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from Odisha
BJD (10)	Arjun Charan Sethi Bhartruhari Mahtab Braja Kishore Tripathy Jagannath Mallick Prabhat Kumar Samantaray Trilochan Kanungo Padmanava Behara Prasanna Kumar Patasani Naveen Patnaik Prasanna Acharya
BJP (9)	Anadi Charan Sahu Ananta Nayak Bikram Keshari Deo Debendra Pradhan Jual Oram Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Parsuram Majhi Salkhan Murmu Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Congress (2)	Hema Gamang Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
12th LS members 14th LS members

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