U’Khand BJP leader Yashpal Arya joins Congress ahead of Assembly polls
U’Khand BJP leader Yashpal Arya joins Congress ahead of Assembly polls
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Giving a major jolt to BJP, well ahead of the Assembly polls, Senior BJP leader and Minister of Transport in the Uttarakhand government Yashpal Arya on Monday joined the Congress party.

His son Sanjeev also joined the grand old party in the presence of former CM Harish Rawat and All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary KC Venugopal in Delhi.  Congress leader Randeep Surjewal said, "Yashpal has just tendered resignation from the post of Uttarakhand cabinet minister"

Welcoming Yashpal to the party cadre, KC Venugopal said that this is one of the happiest movements for the party as Uttarakhand is going to have an election. "Today, Yashpal Arya ji and Sanjeev Arya ji with us in this press conference. This gives a clear indication of the election in Uttarakhand," he said.

Looking at his political career, it is to be noted that Yashpal Arya served as the Speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2007. He was subsequently a member of Congress. He also served as the president of the Congress' Uttarakhand unit from 2007 to 2014. He had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017 just ahead of the Assembly polls in that year.

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