Born18 September 1941 (age 74)Balasore, Odisha (1941-09-18)
Arjun Charan Sethi Leaves BJP
Arjun Charan Sethi (born 18 September 1941) is an Indian politician and presently a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. In 1971, he was elected to the 5thLok Sabha from Bhadrak constituency in Odisha as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha 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.