He is four time MLA from Bonai Assembly Constituency which is reserved for ST community in Sundargarh district.

Representing Communist Party of India (Marxist),[1] he won the Bonai in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.

He lost in 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election to Bhimsen Chaudhary of BJD[8] but regained the seat in 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election defeating Dayanidhi Kishan of Biju Janata Dal by a margin of 37,307 votes.

[8] He retained the seat, winning for the third time in 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election defeating Ranjit Kishan, also of BJD, by a margin of 47,909 votes.

He won for the fourth time in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election defeating Bhimsen Chaudhary of Biju Janata Dal by a huge margin of 23,439 votes.