He was the Home Affairs and Local Government Minister in the Ranil Wickramasinghe Cabinet in 2001 .

[1] He was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament Eight Times from Matale Electoral District.

He had an arranged married to Jinawathie a student of Hillwood college on May 9, 1957.

He entered Sri Lankan Parliament by winning a bye election in 1961 from Matale replacing his uncle Bernard Aluwihare who had died.

He was member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for nearly 40 years till death in 2009 winning every election except 1970 when he was defeated by 650 votes.