Chandra Arya Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Chandra Arya

• Chandra Arya grew up in different cities as his father, G. Govindaiah, worked in the commercial taxes department, which required frequent relocations.

• He did his primary education in Chitradurga, Karnataka.

• He completed high school and pre-university education in Ballari (formerly Bellary), Karnataka.

• He is proficient in English, French, and Chinese languages.

• Before entering politics, he worked as an executive in the high-technology sector.

• Arya contested and won the 2015 Canadian federal elections on a ticket from the Liberal Party with 34,017 votes by defeating Conservative’s Andy Wang; he contested the polls from the Nepean constituency.

• Chandra won the 2019 Canadian federal elections from Nepean with 31,933 votes, defeating Brian St. Louis, a Conservative candidate.

• He defeated a Conservative candidate named Matt Triemstra in the 2021 Canadian federal elections with 29,620 votes.

• On 24 July 2024, Arya received a threat from Khalistani extremists after speaking out against the vandalism of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Edmonton on 22 July 2024. Separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of Sikhs for Justice demanded Arya and other Hindu-Canadians return to India. Arya later criticised the extremists for misusing Canadian freedoms and emphasised the Hindu community’s contributions to Canada.