He has been elected four times as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Bellary & Kudligi constituency.

He started his career in Bhartiya Janata Party & later shifted to Indian national congress prior to 2018 Karnataka elections in Hospet.

[2]He represents Bellary Rural constituency from Ballari district as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly as an INC candidate.

He was involved in illegal transportation of Iron Ore from Bellary mining area.

[3] He defeated BJP leader and former Transport minister of Karnataka B Sriramulu by 29,500 votes in 2023 legislative assembly election representing Bellary Rural.