Uttarakhand Transport Minister Yashpal Arya, son join Congress

New Delhi, October 11

In a jolt to the BJP ahead of the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, state Transport Minister Yashpal Arya quit the saffron party on Monday and returned to the Congress along with his MLA son Sanjeev.

Yashpal Arya was the president of the Uttarakhand Congress from 2007 to 2014. He had switched over to the BJP in 2017 ahead of the last Assembly elections in Uttarakhand.

“It is an important day for me as I have returned to my family. It is my ghar wapsi. There can’t be a happier day for me. I feel relieved after my return,” Arya told the media.

He represents the Bajpur (SC) Assembly constituency in the state. — TNS