Who is Dinesh Arya, BJP names Dalit leader as U'khand RS candidate. The BJP has fielded Dinesh Arya as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Uttarakhand. He currently holds Minister of State rank in the state government. Arya joined the ABVP as a worker in Nainital in 1985 and became its district convenor a year later. He subsequently joined the BJP and served as Nainital's district youth wing minister from 1988 to 1991.