Arun Singh is a former union minister of state for defence in the Government of India.
[2] After completing his MA in 1971, Arun Singh joined The Metal Box Company and later Reckitt and Coleman.
[citation needed] Singh drew some negative attention for leaving the government before the arrival of the Bofors scandal.
[4] At the time of Kargil war, NDA defence minister Jaswant Singh brought him back as his advisor.
According to a Hindustan Times article quoting an article published in Caravan's May 2014 Issue, Rajiv Gandhi, along with Arun Singh and Arun Nehru, was responsible for taking decision on "go ahead" for Operation Blue Star, despite Indira Gandhi's consistent reluctance against the army entering the sacred shrine.