[1][2] Raman was fielded as an independent candidate by the Muslim League for the Kunnamangalam Niyama Sabha constituency in the 2001 Kerala assembly election.
The election was hotly contested, and in particular the Bharatiya Janata Party invested a lot in its campaign there (bringing L.K.
Raman for a third time, breaking with the tradition to field Scheduled Caste leaders only in reserved seats.
Raman challenged the poll result, claiming that Rahim had held an office of profit at the time of the nomination.
Raman was appointed chairman of the Kerala State Handloom Development Corporation (Hanveev) in December 2011.