Nepean MP Chandra Arya says he's been informed by the Liberal Party of Canada he's not permitted to run in the leadership contest to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Chandra Arya, a Liberal backbench MP whose short-lived bid to replace Justin Trudeau as leader was rejected by the party, says he has been dropped as the candidate for the Ottawa riding of Nepean.

The Liberal Party revoked MP Chandra Arya’s bid to run for the party leadership and his nomination in his own Ottawa riding over alleged foreign-interference concerns involving India, according ...

OTTAWA – Canada’s ruling Liberal Party has disqualified Indian Canadian MP Chandra Arya from seeking re-election in his Nepean constituency, citing concerns over alleged connections to the ...

Liberal MP Chandra Arya, pictured in March 2019, was removed as the Liberal candidate for Nepean shortly before the election campaign began in March 2025. The Canadian Press. Share.

OTTAWA—The Liberal party is declining to say why Ottawa MP Chandra Arya was disqualified from its leadership race, or even whether the three-term MP will be allowed to run in his riding again ...

In a post on X, Chandra Arya stated, "Today, we submitted the $50,000 compliance deposit to the Liberal Party for the leadership contest (the deadline is January 23).

Liberal MP Chandra Arya walks to a press conference highlighting the first-time home buyer incentive, at Tamarack Homes' Cardinal Creek Village development in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.

Chandra Arya will not be running for leadership of the Liberal Party after all. Arya, who has represented the riding of Nepean since he was first elected in 2015, had put his name forward as a ...

OTTAWA—Backbench Liberal MP Chandra Arya announced he will run for the Liberal leadership with a campaign promising to make Canada a republic, end the consumer carbon tax and recognize the state ...

Nepean MP Chandra Arya says he's been informed by the Liberal Party of Canada he's not permitted to run in the leadership ...