He represented the Mangalore City North seat as a member of the Indian National Congress party in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2018.

[3] He won the seat by defeating his nearest rival J. Krishna Palemar of the Bharatiya Janata Party by 5,573 votes.

Farooq was made a candidate of the Janata Dal (Secular) party for the Rajya Sabha elections.

However, Bava said that it was his brother's decision and he has his own priorities and opinion and had not promoted any family member to join any other party.

[6] Chief Minister Siddaramaiah warned him for failing to prevent his brother from contesting election on a Janata Dal (Secular) ticket.