Sarita Arya

Sarita Arya (Hindi: सरिता आर्या) is the elected Congress Party M.L.A (Member of Legislative Assembly (India)) from 58 Legislative Assembly seat of lake city Nainital in the state of Uttarakhand. She was elected in the year 2012 and will hold the elected post till 2017. By winning the Nainital seat she has set a unique record of being the first women to win this prestigious seat since independence. Before her three women candidates contested on this seat but could not win. Her party Indian National Congress bagged this seat after a long gap of 23 years, this seat was either with UKD (Uttarakhand Kranti Dal) or BJP(Bharatiya Janata Party) starting from the year 1989 until she won in the assembly polls of 2012.[1]

EX MLA Sarita Arya
सरिता आर्या
President Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 2015
Member of Legislative Assembly for Nainital
In office 2012–2017
Chairperson Nainital Nagar Palika
In office 2003–2008
Personal details
Born	1961 (age 59–60)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence	Nainital Uttarakhand, India
Website	saritaarya.in

In the month of May 2015, she was appointed as the Women State President of Indian National Congress for the state of Uttarakhand by Rahul Gandhi, the then Congress Vice President . Before being elected as the member of legislative assembly she held the post of Chairperson Municipal Corporation Nainital, for which she was elected in the year 2003 and her tenure lasted till 2008.[2][3]

Currently She also holds the position of District President of AIWC (All India Women's Conference) since 2009 . Apart from this She is also an avid social worker and fights for Women empowerment and Gender equality [4][5][6]