Arun Yadav was a member of 14th and 15th Lok Sabha and is a member of the Congress party. He was appointed as president of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on 13 January 2014. Kamal Nath replaced Yadav in April this year. Elder son of Subhash Yadav and Damyanti Yadav, he is pitched in electoral battle against Madhya Pradesh's three-time Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He finished his schooling from Daly College, Indore and graduated with Bachelor of Commerce from S.S. Subadh Jain Commerce College, Jaipur, Rajasthan.