He was first elected as Member of Parliament for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 1977 to the 6th Lok Sabha.

[3] In 2010, after being denied a ticket in an election, he left the INC and later joined the Trinamool Congress.

[5] He started his political career as a Pradhan of Diglipur Gram Panchayat serving from 1961-71.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands lawyer and journalist Anita Mondal, who is his daughter contested the Andaman and Nicobar Islands seat as Trinamool Congress candidate in the 2014 general election where she finished in fourth place garnering 2,283 votes.

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