Narayan Ram Arya | |
|---|---|
| Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Joga Ram Tamta |
| Succeeded by | Meena Gangola |
| Constituency | Gangolihaat |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Joga Ram Tamta |
| Constituency | Gangolihaat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1952 Gangolihat,Pithoragarh,Uttarakhand,India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2022) |
| Education | M.A. and B.Ed from Kumaun University |
Narayan Ram Arya (born 7 September 1952) 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.
He is a post graduate and has a degree of M.A and B.Ed which he attained from the Kumaun University in 1982.
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]