He was a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Raghopur and served as a state cabinet minister in the governments of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi.
[3] Rai won the seat of Raghopur constituency for three consecutive terms in 1980,[4] 1985[5] and 1990.
He served as a cabinet minister[clarification needed] in the governments of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi.
[1] In 2020, he quit Rashtriya Janata Dal following not being nominated as a Member of Legislative Council, and announced that he would support National Democratic Alliance (NDA) against Tejashwi Yadav, the incumbent MLA of Raghopur.
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