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.
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 from 2007 through 2014. 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.Positions held
