He belonged to the Indian National Congress party and represented the Dausa constituency in Lok Sabha.

[2][3] He fought in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 as a bomber pilot,[4] flying a modified de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou.

[8] This issue was mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Parliament in Lok Sabha in August 2023.

[11] In late 1979, Prasad resigned his commission while posted in Jaisalmer to enter politics, under the influence of his friend Rajiv Gandhi, who later became the Prime Minister of India.

He contested the 1980 Lok Sabha elections as an INC candidate from Bharatpur, changing his surname to Pilot at the same time.