Narayan Ram Arya

Narayan Ram Arya
Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2017
Preceded byJoga Ram Tamta
Succeeded byMeena Gangola
ConstituencyGangolihaat
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJoga Ram Tamta
ConstituencyGangolihaat
Personal details
BornPithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (until 2022)

Narayan Ram Arya is an Indian politician and a former member of the Indian National Congress.[1] Arya was a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Gangolihat Assembly constituency in Pithoragarh district from 2002 to 2007 and again from 2012 till 2017.[2] He also served as a cabinet minister in the state government.

Political career

Arya first entered the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in 2002, winning the Gangolihat seat as a Congress candidate by defeating BJP's Jogaram Tamta with a margin of 470 votes. During his tenure, he served as a cabinet minister in the government led by Chief Minister N.D. Tiwari.[3]

In the 2007 assembly elections, Arya lost to BJP candidate Joga Ram by 2,790 votes. He regained the seat in 2012, defeating BJP's Geeta Thakur, and was again appointed as a cabinet minister in the Congress government. However, in the 2017 elections, he lost to BJP's Meena Gangola by a margin of 805 votes. In 2022, he left the Congress after being denied a ticket and decided to contest as an independent candidate from Gangolihaat but he later withdrew his candidature and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Members of First Legislative Assembly". ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012.
  3. ^ Bharat, E. T. V. (26 January 2022). "कांग्रेस के पूर्व MLA नारायण राम आर्य ने हरीश रावत पर लगाया कैद में रखने का आरोप, निर्दलीय लड़ेंगे". ETV Bharat News (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Uttarakhand Election: Gangolihat Assembly Constituency 2022".
  5. ^ "Gangolihat Election Result 2022 LIVE: How to check Gangolihat Legislative Assembly election (Vidhan Sabha) winners, losers, vote margin, news updates. - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2024.