He represents Indian National Congress Party and won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.
He did his schooling at Government Boys College and completed his MBBS in 1991 from Kempegowda Institute of Medical Science.
He became an MLA for third time, retaining the Magadi seat in the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.
[6] In the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, he represented Janata Dal (Secular) and defeated the Indian National Congress candidate A. Manjunath by a margin of 14,359 votes.
In 2018, contesting on Congress ticket, he lost to A. Manjunath of JD(S) by a huge margin of 51,425 votes.