He was a member of the Indian Parliament and represented Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency) which he won on a ticket from the BJP.
[3] His only electoral venture outside the district was in 2009 when he successfully contested the general election from Nawada as a BJP nominee.
[3] He also held the position of the education minister from 1988-89 under Congress government in the state.
[3] However, his date with Congress finally ended after losing two successive assembly elections in 1990 and 1995 during the period when RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was at his prime.
In 2008, he was made state urban development minister in the NDA government.