Congress President Karan Mahral, ​​Yashpal Arya, Leader of the Opposition and Bhuvan Kapri, Deputy Leader of Legislature Party – Sonia Gandhi

Congress President Karan Mahral, ​​Yashpal Arya, Leader of the Opposition and Bhuvan Kapri, Deputy Leader of Legislature Party – Sonia Gandhi

 

Dehradun, Pahadonkigoonj:- Congress has appointed Uttarakhand State President and Leader of Opposition and Deputy Leader of Legislature Party. Yashpal Arya has been given the responsibility of Leader of Opposition. Former MLA Karan Mahra has been made the state president of Congress. Bhuvan Kapri, who became MLA by defeating CM Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima seat, has been made the deputy leader of the Congress Legislature Party.

This time the Congress has given a lot of priority to Kumaon. From the Speaker to the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition have also been made from Kumaon. The appointment order has been issued by Congress National General Secretary KC Venugopal on Sunday evening. Former cabinet minister Yashpal Arya has been given the important post of Leader of Opposition. Yashpal Arya left the BJP and joined the Congress before the assembly elections. They have been in power and key positions continuously since the formation of the state. Arya Vis President in the year 2007-12, then Congress State President for ten consecutive years, Cabinet Minister in the Congress Government of 2012-17, Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government of 2017-22. Now Arya will be the Leader of the Opposition, which is the cabinet level post. Former Leader of Opposition Pritam Singh supporters have suffered a severe setback due to the High Command’s decision. It was believed that the high command would again hand over the responsibility of the Leader of the Opposition post to Pritam. Pritam was considered to be the frontrunner in the race for Leader of Opposition because of his good connections at the high command level.