[4] Suja started his political career around 1968–69 as an activist of the Chhatra Union, the then students' wing of National Awami Party led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani.
[4][2] He got involved with the Jubo League in 1972 and was elected the commissioner of Liakat Nagar Union under the Khulna municipality in 1979.
[2][5] In February 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) published a list of 50 persons of top corrupt suspects which included Suja's name.
[6][7] The 50 were asked to submit their wealth statements at the ACC office within 72 hours of receiving the notification.
[12] Suja died at the age of 68 on 27 July 2018, at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, where he had sought treatment of kidney problems.