wɪð sˈɪkændɚ bˈækht bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ ðə mˈoʊst pɹˈɑːmɪnənt mˈʊzlɪm ɪn bˌiːdʒˌeɪpˈiː, ˈæɹɪf bˈɛɡ lˈɛft ðə pˈɑːɹɾi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks, bˌʌt hiː ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tʊ ɪɾ ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd θɹˈiː.
With Sikander Bakht becoming the most prominent Muslim in BJP, Arif Beg left the party in 1996, but he returned to it in 2003.