Arif Beg is a former federal Indian minister (1977-1980) and a Bharatiya Janta Party leader. He hails from Madhya Pradesh state. He had left the party in 1996 however returned to it in 2003.[1] In 1977 he ran for parliament on the Bharatiya Lok Dal ticket from Bhopal and won the seat. In 1989 he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Betul constituency.