Prasad is a five term Member of Legislative Assembly from Sasaram; he was elected as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party.

[4] Prasad was arrested in April 2023, by Bihar police on the charges of inciting the violence against Muslims in Sasaram during the Ram Navami procession.

[5][6][7] It was reported that, in this incident, many regions like Sahajlal Peer colony and Qadirganj of Sasaram witnessed communal tensions.

[8] In response to arrest of Prasad over allegations of inciting violence, Nikhil Anand, president of Other Backward Class wing of Bharatiya Janata Party denounced the claims of Bihar police and administration of Prasad being the culprit in Ram Navami violence.

[9] Condemning the arrest of Prasad on allegations of spreading communal violence, Bhartiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi alleged that Nitish Kumar's government arrested Prasad, as he was a popular leader from Koeri caste in Sasaram Assembly constituency and since the people belonging to his caste group have shifted their loyalty to Bhartiya Janata Party, administration of Kumar is targeting him on caste grounds.