He started his career as a member of the Indian National Congress, later joining Morarji Desai's NCO faction in 1969, and then the Janata Party.
He represented Pupri, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur, Vaishali et al. seats from Bihar in Lok Sabha from 1952 well into 1970s.
[3] But he spent a lot of his inherited wealth for public good and never took any money from his party, the Indian National Congress for fighting elections.
[4] He was a close friend of Sir Mark Tully, who contributed one whole chapter on him in No Full Stops in India.
[7] He donated 500 acres of his land to establish Langat Singh College, Now known as BR Ambedkar University, Muzaffarpur of Bihar.