He was elected to Lok Sabha as a member of Congress Party four times in Maharashtra state.

He was a Member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, representing Maharashtra, from April 2002 – 2008.

[1] Earlier he was Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra from April 1978 to June 1991 for three times and also during 2001-April 2002.

Apart from Politics, Datta Meghe has established a chain of CBSE Schools, Medical Colleges, Engineering Colleges, Hospitals, Banks,  Spinning mills, IT firms in urban & especially rural areas to provide the best of facilities at extremely affordable rates.

[2] He also was the President of Yeshwantrao Chavan College Of Engineering (YCCE) situated in Wanadongri, Hingna SubDivision, Nagpur.