Yashpal Arya

Yashpal Arya is a Minister of Transport in Government of Uttarakhand. He is a 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 2007 Uttarakhand state assembly elections.

Yashpal Arya
Minister of Transport, Government of Uttarakhand
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2017
Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office 2002 - 2007
MLA of Uttarakhand
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017
Constituency	Bajpur
Personal details
Born	8 January 1952
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party(from 2017) Indian National Congress(before 2017)

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 .[4]

Positions held

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

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. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-senior-congress-leader-yashpal-arya-joins-bjp-4476623/

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