He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Basti Uttar Pradesh in 1967 and 1977 .He was earlier elected in 1962 to the Lok Sabha from the Bansi Lok Sabha constituency .
He was the Minister for State for Railways Under Moraji Desai from 1977 to 1979.
He was earlier elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Legislative council .