Yashpal Arya
Yashpal Arya was 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. 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. 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 After uttharakand elections 2022 Congress highcomand appointed to him Leader of Opposition, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly