Yashpal Arya

Yashpal Arya
Yashpal Arya
Speaker; Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2002 - 2007
Member; Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2012–2021
Constituency	Bajpur
	In office; 2002–2012
Constituency	Mukteshwar
Member; Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1993–1996
	In office; 1989–1991
Constituency	Khatima
Personal details
Born	8 January 1952 (age 72)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress(2021–till date)
Other political; affiliations	INC(Until 2017); Bharatiya Janata Party (2017–21)
Children	Sanjeev Arya

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Yashpal Arya is a Minister of Transport in Government of Uttarakhand. He is a Indian National Congress leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He was former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and a Indian National Congress leader.^[1]^[2] He was elected from Mukteshwar constituency in the 2007 Uttarakhand state assembly elections.

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 Bharatiya Janata Party.

On 11 October 2021, Arya along with his son Sanjiv Arya ( MLA, Nainital) returned to Congress ^[4]

Positions held[edit]

Year	Description
1989 - 1991	Elected to 10th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
1993 - 1996	Elected to 12th Uttar Pradesh Assembly (2nd term)
2002 - 2007	Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly (3rd term) Speaker - Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
2007 - 2012	Elected to 2nd Uttarakhand Assembly (4th term) Member, Committee on Government Assurances (2009 – 12) Member, Committee on Housing (2010 – 12)
2012 - 2017	Elected to 3rd Uttarakhand Assembly (5th term) Cabinet Minister for Revenue and Land Management, Irrigation, Flood Control, Co-operatives, Technical Education, Rural Engineering Services, Rural Roads and Drainage, Indo-Nepal-Uttarakhand River Projects
2017 - 2022	Elected to 4th Uttarakhand Assembly (6th term) Cabinet Minister for Transportation, Social Welfare, Minority Welfare, Students Welfare, Rural Water Reservoirs Development, Remote Areas Development, Sub-Divisional Development and Management, Backward Areas Development

References[edit]

https://www.newstodaynetwork.com/haldwani-social-welfare-minister-arya-can-contest-in-the-lok-sabha-election-such-a-benefit/

Party political offices
Preceded by Harish Rawat	President Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee 2007 – 13 June 2014	Succeeded by Kishore Upadhyaya

[1] "Yashpal Arya frontrunner for Uttarakhand CM's post". The Times of India. 10 March 2012.

[2] U’khand Cong manages to win rebels for magic figure

[3] "Office Bearers". Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee, Official website.

[4] ttp://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-senior-congress-leader-yashpal-arya-joins-bjp-4476623/

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