In 16th Lok Sabha, he was defeated by Harinarayan Rajbhar who represented Bharatiya Janata Party by more than 140,000 votes.
[4] He is a senior backward caste politician, prominent in OBC[6] politics in Uttar Pradesh.
In the General Elections 2009, he was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha for the first time, defeating Chandradeo Prasad Rajbhar of Samajwadi Party as a candidate of Bahujan Samaj Party from Ghoshi Lok Sabha constituency.
[11][12] In 2015, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party,[13] and fought 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Madhuban Vidhansabha.
[18] in September 2023, he again contested as a BJP candidate from Ghosi (which fell vacant after his resignation) but lost the by-election by a huge margin of 42,759 votes.