Arjun Charan Sethi () (18 September 1941 – 8 June 2020) was an Indian politician. He represented Bhadrak constituency in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2019, as well as 1991 to 1996, 1980 to 1984 and 1971 to 1977. 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 The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

from Bhadrak as a Congress candidate for the first time. He was re-elected in 1980 from the same constituency as an

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candidate. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 as a

Janata Dal Janata Dal () was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha on 11 October 1988—the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Na ...

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 The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. The party was established to uphold the legacy of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and to address the unique socio-economic ...

candidate. He was the Union Minister of water resources in

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 ...

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.

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1941 births 2020 deaths Lok Sabha members from Odisha Biju Janata Dal politicians India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2014–2019 People from Bhadrak People from Bhadrak district Janata Dal politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India {{Odisha-BJD-politician-stub

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