U’khand: Congress appoints Yashpal Arya as chief of opposition month after elections

By Express News Service

DEHRADUN: Senior Indian National Congress chief Yashpal Arya was appointed chief of the opposition by the celebration on Sunday.

An official press launch by KC Venugopal said, “Hon’ble Congress President has appointed Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Congress Committee and Leader and Deputy Leader of Uttarakhand Legislature Party, as follows, with immediate effect.”

Arya, Congress MLA from Bajpur state meeting constituency has held cabinet positions within the BKP and Congress governments. Arya expressing his gratitude to the celebration management mentioned, “I am thankful to the honourable party president Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji and my seniors and colleagues. I will try to do justice as the leader of the opposition to the best of my abilities.”

He left the Congress in January 2017 and received from Bajpur seat within the 2017 meeting elections and have become a cabinet minister within the Trivendra Singh Rawat authorities. His son Sanjiv Arya additionally grew to become MLA from the Nainital seat within the 2017 meeting elections. 

The father-son duo left the BJP final yr and joined the Congress. Yashpal Arya received from Bajpur seat whereas his son Sanjiv Arya misplaced from Nainital. Notably, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat performed a key function to convey the father-son duo again into the Congress celebration. 

The Tussle was happening within the celebration between Rawat and former state celebration president and chief of opposition Pritam Singh to get an individual from their ‘camp’ to be appointed as LoP and state president. Sources from the celebration mentioned that although Arya’s appointment could be seen as a win for Rawat.

“Harish Rawat played a key role to bring Arya and his son back to the party. Arya’s appointment is a win for Rawat but now the Pritam Singh camp will push for their candidate for the position of state party president including Singh himself,” mentioned a celebration supply. 

In the state meeting elections which concluded final yr, the Congress received 18 seats compared to 11 within the 2017 meeting elections.