[4] Although he joined the state legislature only in 1990, he was considered to be a power center in Balangir for a long time.

He was first elected to the Odisha Assembly from Loisingha under the Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency) and joined the cabinet as the Minister of Law.

[5] One of his major contributions as a minister was the Special Courts Bill, with which Odisha aimed to fight corruption in high places.

After losing the 2000 elections he fought back from Luisinga in 2004 and is the Deputy Leader of Congress Legislature Party in Odisha assembly.

He won the Bolangir Constituency with 61730 votes in Assembly Election 2014 from Balangir District of Odisha, by a margin of 12254 compared to his/her immediate rival Ananga Udaya Singhdeo of BJD.