[2] Involved in the anti-colonial struggle in Indonesia as a youth leader in Semarang, Parna was elected an Indonesian Parliament member for the Acoma Party in 1955.
Ibnu Parna took active part in the anti-colonial struggle as a youth leader in Semarang.
[5] In early 1946 Ibnu Parna was included, representing Pesindo, in the subcommittee of Persatuan Perdjuangan.
[1][10] Around this period, Ibnu Parna served as organizing secretary of the trade union centre SOBRI.
[12] In February 1959 Ibnu Parna was arrested for having published a pamphlet which denounced the rule of General Nasution, his parliamentary immunity notwithstanding.