He was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Godda, Jharkhand as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in a by-election.

The second time he was a minister under Arjun Munda and the ministry was Human resource development.

He started his political life as a student leader and was member of Bharatiya Janata Party.

In 2007 he left Bharatiya Janata Party to join Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik).

[1][2][3][4] Both he and Bandhu Tirkey joined the Indian National Congress as Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) was merged with Bharatiya Janata Party.