'''Arjun Charan Sethi''' (18 September 1941 – June 8 2020)<ref name="theaugust">{{cite web |title=Former Union minister Arjun Charan Sethi passes away |url=https://www.theaugust.com/current/arjun-sethi-death/ |website=The August |accessdate=8 June 2020 |date=8 June 2020}}</ref> was an [[India]]n politician. He was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) political party.
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In 1971, he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bhadrak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhadrak]] constituency in [[Odisha]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate. He was re-elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1980. He was re-elected in 1991, 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009. He was the Union Minister of water resources in [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] led government from 2000 to 2004.
| name = Arjun Charan Sethi
| image =Arjun Charan Sethi Image.jpg
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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1941|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Balasore]], [[Odisha]]
| residence =[[Bhadrak]], [[Odisha]]
| death_date ={{Death date and age|2020|6|8|1941|9|18|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]]
| office = Member: [[5th Lok Sabha|5th]], [[7th Lok Sabha|7th]], [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]], [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]], [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]], [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]], [[15th Lok Sabha|15th]] and [[16th Lok Sabha]]
'''Arjun Charan Sethi''' (18 September 1941 – June 8, 2020)<ref name="ndtv">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-union-minister-arjun-charan-sethi-dies-at-79-2242963|title=Former Union Minister Arjun Charan Sethi Dies At 79|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> was an [[India]]n politician who represented [[Bhadrak (Lok Sabha constituency)|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.
Sethi died on June 8, 2020 in a hospital in [[Bhubaneswar]], India at the age of 78.<ref name="theaugust"/>
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.<ref name="ndtv"/>
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Revision as of 16:25, 22 February 2021
Arjun Charan Sethi (18 September 1941 – June 8 2020)[1] was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
In 1971, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bhadrak constituency in Odisha as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980. He was re-elected in 1991, 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009. He was the Union Minister of water resources in Atal Bihari Vajpayee led government from 2000 to 2004.
Sethi died on June 8, 2020 in a hospital in Bhubaneswar, India at the age of 78.[1]
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