He won Shashi Singhas an MP from Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes community in Surguja District.
He represented the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh.
He passed Class 12 in 2014 from a college affiliated with Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyamandal, Rampuram.
[3] Maharaj became an MLA for the first time winning the 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election from Lundra Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress[4][5] In 2013, he polled 64,771 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Vijay Baba of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 9,946 votes.
Later, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and became a Member of Parliament winning from Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh.