Yashpal Arya
| Yashpal Arya | |
|---|---|
| MLA | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office March 2012 | |
| Constituency | Bajpur |
| President | |
| In office 2007 – June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Harish Rawat |
| Succeeded by | Kishor Upadhyay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952 |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Yashpal Arya is an Indian National Congress leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India.[1][2] He was elected from Mukteshwar constituency in the Uttarakhand state assembly elections, 2007.
He has been the President of Congress Party's Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee (Uttarakhand PCC).[3] 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.