Yashpal arya biography

He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly under Indian National Congress' rule.
Yashpal Arya is a 7-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand combined.
Yashpal Arya.

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Yashpal Arya

This story is from February 8, 2017

Feb 8, 2017, 18:53 IST

is a former leader who joined in Jaunary 16, 2017 and is BJP’s candidate from Bajpur constituency for elections 2017.
Arya was also the president of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee () from 2007-2014.
In 2012, he was elected to Uttarakhand legislative assembly from Bajpur constituency. Arya was thought to be the frontrunner for the post of chief minister of the state until the Congress high command gave the post to Vijay Bahuguna , son of former Uttar Pradesh CM late Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna.
Arya was born in 1952. He was a member of the Congress Party since 1992 till 2017, when he joined BJP.
Yashpal Arya joined BJP in the presence of party’s national president Amit Shah along with his son Sanjeev and former Yamunotri MLA Kedar Singh Rawat. In what came as a blow to Congress, all three made it to the BJP’s first list of candidates for assembly polls scheduled for February 15, within hours of joining the party.
Arya is a five-time MLA who held the posts of revenue and irrigation
Yashpal Arya
Indian politician
Yashpal Arya is a 7-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh (twice) and Uttarakhand (five times) combined.^[1] He is a former Minister of Transportation, Social Welfare, Minority and Students' Welfare in the Government of Uttarakhand under Bharatiya Janata Party's rule.^[2] Currently, he is an Indian National Congress leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He is a former Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly under Indian National Congress' rule.^[3]^[4] 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.^[5] He was elected from Bajpur Assembly constituency in 2012 and was being thought to be one of the frontrunners 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. ^[6]
On 16 January 201
Yashpal Arya
Year Description 1989 - 1991 Elected to 10th Uttar Pradesh Assembly1993 - 1996 Elected to 12th Uttar Pradesh Assembly (2nd term) 2002 - 2007 Elected to 1st Uttarakhand Assembly (3rd term) 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