Poonia, influenced by the nationalist ideology of the RSS, he joined Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in 1982.

[citation needed] In 1989, he became the General Secretary of the Student Union at Rajasthan University and led agitation against Bofors scandal, and was also jailed during this period.

[citation needed] In 1992, he became the state general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and successfully organised the historic youth conference in Kota.

[citation needed] After the Bharatiya Janata Party's defeat in Rajasthan in 1998, he undertook a 550 km padyatra from 14 March to 7 April.

He has been the State General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party four times from 2004 to 2014 with various organisational responsibilities, from intensive migration from remote tribal areas to marginal desert areas, strengthening the party from village to village, and successfully led various political movements.

In 2013, contributed to the successful running of “Suraj Sankalp Yatra 2013” by then BJP State President Smt.

[citation needed] In the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, he secured victory in the Amber constituency.