Sanjiv Arya is an Indian politician and member of

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. He represented

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on a BJP ticket in the

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. He also happens to be the son of the former speaker of Uttarakhand assembly

Yashpal Arya Yashpal Arya is a 7-time MLA from Uttar Pradesh (twice) and Uttarakhand (five times) combined. He is a former Minister of Transportation, Social Welfare, Minority and Students' Welfare in the Government of Uttarakhand under Bharatiya Janata Par ...

. The father-son duo joined BJP a month ahead of the 2017 assembly elections in Uttarakhand in the presence of the then BJP National President

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. On 11 October 2021, Sanjeev and his father joined the INC in the presence of party leaders

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and KC Venugopal in Delhi.

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