Yashpal Arya, who held many important positions after starting politics from Congress, joined the BJP just before the 2017 assembly elections. After which he was also made a cabinet minister. Whereas son Sanjeev Arya won the election from Nainital on a BJP ticket in his first election in 2017. However, last year Yashpal rejoined the Congress with his son. After which Yashpal managed to win from Bajpur, but Sanjeev had to be defeated in Nainital seat.
At the same time, in the Nav Sankalp Shivir of Congress held in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of oppressing the SC class on the pretext of Yashpal. He said that Arya shared many things with him in this context. When asked about this statement of Rahul, the Leader of the Opposition said that while in the BJP, I have promoted the SC class on the basis of its number on the basis of its number, right from the organization to the responsibilities of the government (Minister of State) and on the basis of merit in the judicial system. But my point was not taken seriously.