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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Biharilal Arya
| party = [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Shanti Biharilal Arya
| parents = Chaturbhuj Arya
| profession = [[Businessman]]
| citizenship = [[India]]n
| birth_place = [[Ranipur, Uttar Pradesh|Ranipur]], [[Jhansi district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| birth_date = 1 January 1962
| birth_name = Biharilal Arya
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]], [[Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress]]
| governor = [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]]
| office = [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]]
| term_end = 1997
| term_start = 1996
| vice_president = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| prime_minister = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| president = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| country = [[India]]
| constituency = [[Mauranipur (Assembly constituency)|Mauranipur]]
}}
'''Biharilal Chaturbhuj Arya''' is an Indian politician, [[Social work]]er and former member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for [[Mauranipur (Assembly constituency)|Mauranipur]] constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and won the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Mauranipur]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rashmi arya join bjp: पूर्व सपा विधायक डॉ. रश्मि आर्य ने थामा भाजपा का हाथ, मऊरानीपुर सीट से हो सकती हैं प्रत्याशी! |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/news/former-sp-mla-dr-rashmi-arya-joins-bjp-may-be-candidate-from-mauranipur-seat/articleshow/88954112.cms |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref> In the 2017 election, he defeated [[Rashmi Arya]] by 17 thousand votes. Then Rashmi was a [[Samajwadi Party]] member. Bihari Lal Arya is originally a [[Indian National Congress|Congressman]] but in 2017 he had joined BJP before the elections. Biharilal became an MLA for the fourth time in 2017. Prior to this, he was [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from Congress three times. he also was a minister in [[Kalyan Singh]] government formed in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-29 |title=UP Chunav: कभी कांग्रेस विधायक रहते यूपी में बनवाई थी भाजपा की सरकार, फिर भी BJP ने ही इस सीट से नहीं बनाया उम्मीदवार |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/jhansi-up-elections-2022-mauranipur-assembly-seat-apna-dal-candidate-rashmi-arya-bjp-mla-bihari-lal-arya-kalyan-singh-govt-3980052.html |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref> Arya belongs to the [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] of [[Bundelkhand]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-29 |title=UP Chunav: कभी कांग्रेस विधायक रहते यूपी में बनवाई थी भाजपा की सरकार, फिर भी BJP ने ही इस सीट से नहीं बनाया उम्मीदवार |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/jhansi-up-elections-2022-mauranipur-assembly-seat-apna-dal-candidate-rashmi-arya-bjp-mla-bihari-lal-arya-kalyan-singh-govt-3980052.html |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Bihari Lal Arya is a [[Indian National Congress|Congressman]] but in 2017 he had joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] before the elections. Biharilal became an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for the fourth time in 2017. Prior to this he was MLA from Congress three times. he also was a minister in [[Kalyan Singh]]'s government formed in 1996. Arya came to be popular at the state level when, while being a Congress MLA, he formed the BJP government in the state. Then Biharilal became MLA from Congress for the second time in 1996 after 1993. After the 1996 elections, no party had got a majority. [[President's rule]] was imposed in the state. In 1997, [[Mayawati]]'s government was formed with the help of BJP, but after 6 months the government fell. A coalition government was formed under the leadership of BJP's Kalyan Singh. Then [[Naresh Chandra Agrawal|Naresh Aggarwal]] of Congress formed a party called [[Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress|Democratic Congress]] and broke the Congress MLAs and got the Kalyan Singh government formed. Biharilal Arya also went to the Democratic Congress. To support the government, Kalyan Singh made him a minister of state in the small industries department. Elections came again in the year 2002. Bihari Lal again fought with Congress but this time his victory chariot stopped. He was defeated by Pragilal Ahirwar of BJP. In the 2007 elections, Biharilal again contested from the Congress but lost. This time [[Bhagwati Prasad Sagar]] of [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] defeated him. The same situation remained in the 2012 elections as well. He was defeated by Rashmi Arya of SP. By the year 2017 he joined BJP. Bihari Lal Arya finally left Congress and joined BJP and again became MLA from Mauranipur. This time he defeated Rashmi Arya of [[Samajwadi Party|SP]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UP Election 2022: जिस विधायक ने 1996 में बनवाई बीजेपी की सरकार, उसे ही इस बार नहीं मिला टिकट |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/election/up-assembly-elections/apna-dal-fielded-candidate-on-jhansi-mauranipur-seat-in-place-of-bihari-ial-arya-know-about-him-acy |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Prabhat Khabar - Hindi News |language=hi}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Social workers from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002]]

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