Narayan Ram Arya

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.

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	Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2022)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (until 2022)

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]