Tarun Prasad Chatterjee was an Indian politician from

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. Previously, he was a member of

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and

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. Chatterjee was three-time Mayor of Raipur Municipal Corporation. In 1990, he was elected as a member of the

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from Raipur Rural constituency then from November 2000 member of

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly or the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Mem ...

. He defeated Deenanath Sharma of

by 15,751 votes in 1998 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election. In December 2001 he was 12 members of the state legislative assembly belonging to the

broke away and Chhattisgarh Vikas Party was led by Tarun Chatterji. Chhattisgarh Vikas Party was recognized by the

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-affiliated Speaker of the assembly. The following day Chhattisgarh Vikas Party merged into the

. He was appointed the Public Works Department (PWD) minister from 2002 to 2003 during the Ajit Jogi government. He died on January 16, 2017, following a cardiac arrest. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.

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