He defeated Deenanath Sharma of Indian National Congress by 15,751 votes in 1998 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election.
In December 2001 he was 12 members of the state legislative assembly belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party broke away and Chhattisgarh Vikas Party was led by Tarun Chatterji.
Chhattisgarh Vikas Party was recognized by the Congress-affiliated Speaker of the assembly.
The following day Chhattisgarh Vikas Party merged into the Indian National Congress.
He was appointed the Public Works Department (PWD) minister from 2002 to 2003 during the Ajit Jogi government.