In the 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Baitha stood as a Janata Dal candidate.
[1] In the 1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election he stood in Simaria as a Chotanagapur Santhal Pargana Jan Seva Dal (CSP-JSD) candidate,[2] and although he gained the most votes of any CSP-JSD candidate standing in the election with 12,662 votes (16.01%), he finished in third place.
[5] Ahead of the by-election that was being held for the Simaria seat in 2008, RJD withdrew Baitha as their candidate.
[8] In 2009 Baitha contested the Simaria seat in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election as an Independent.
[10] As of 2014 Baitha was Vice President of the Akhil Bharatiya Dhobi Mahasangh (All India Washermen Federation).