Vinod Arya
Vinod Arya is an Indian politician and a former leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the state of Uttarakhand. He served as a state minister under the government of then-Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. He also served as chairman of the Uttarakhand Mati Kala (Pottery) Board with a state minister's rank. In 2018, Vinod Arya was made a state minister with the responsibility of handling the Uttarakhand Animal Welfare Board (Animal Husbandry Department) as its vice president. In 2021, he was appointed as the co-in-charge of the Uttar Pradesh BJP OBC Morcha.
He was expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party in September 2022 following the arrest of his son, Pulkit Arya, in connection with the Murder of Ankita Bhandari.