He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Azamgarh constituency in 1967, 1971 as member of the Indian National Congress, and lost to Ram Naresh Yadav of Janata Party in 1977.
[1] He then left Congress and won from Azamgarh in 1980 as Janata Party (Secular) candidate.
Then he was back in Congress and lost in Phulpur in 1989 Lok Sabha elections.
He won from Azamgarh in 1991 Lok Sabha elections as a Janata Dal candidate.
He was the Union Minister of Steel and Mines in the Indira Gandhi Ministry.