Yashpal Arya
| Yashpal Arya | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Transport, Government of Uttarakhand | |
|
Assumed office March 2017 | |
| Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 2002 - 2007 | |
| MLA of Uttarakhand | |
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Assumed office 2017 | |
| Constituency | Bajpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 1952 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party |
Bhartiya Janata Party(from 2017) Indian National Congress(before 2017) |
Yashpal Arya is a Minister of Transport in Government of Uttarakhand. He is an Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He was former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and former Indian National Congress leader.[1][2] He was elected from Mukteshwar constituency in the Uttarakhand state assembly elections, 2007.
He was the President of the Congress Party's Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (Uttarakhand PCC) from 2007 through 2014.[3] He was elected from Bajpur assembly constituency in 2012 and was being thought to be the frontrunner for the chief ministerial candidature until the congress high command made Vijay Bahuguna , son of former Uttar Pradesh CM late Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna swear into the post.
On 16 January 2017, Arya joined the rival Bharatiya Janata Party for money and power.[4]
References
- ↑ "Yashpal Arya frontrunner for Uttarakhand CM's post". The Times of India. 10 March 2012.
- ↑ U’khand Cong manages to win rebels for magic figure
- ↑ "Office Bearers". Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee, Official website.
- ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-senior-congress-leader-yashpal-arya-joins-bjp-4476623/