He was elected from the Karwar District Constituency (Uttar Kannada) in 1971 to Loka Sabha (the lower house), of the Parliament of India.

Balasaheb lost his father when he was four months old and his mother Parvati Naik raised him in Belgaum, Karnataka, along with two of his elder siblings.

Piloo Mody recommended to Morarji Desai, the Prime minister of India (77-79) that Balasaheb be appointed as the Governor General of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The objective of the book was to introduce corrective methods to curb the corruption but the publication was not well received by Mrs. Gandhi.

Balasaheb was an honorary advisor and a regular contributor of editorials to Karavali Munjavu a Kannada newspaper published from Karwar.

Along his bike ride, he waved to the people standing by the wayside and hollered "Jayawagali" (Success to thee).