He did his research in neurological complications in T.B.M and then started his professional career as medical practitioner at Bettiah of Bihar state of India. Coming from an agricultural family, he was also well attached with villages and agriculture, which inspired him to work for downtrodden and poor people in remote villages lacking medical facilities. Through social and
cultural societies and organisations in which he was chairman or governor organised several camps for blood donation, eye donation and took the medical help to the not easily accessible remote villages in Bihar, Assam, Orissa, West Bengal and the Northeastern states of India.
He established blood banks while being life member and treasurer of Red Cross Society of India, worked as Vice-President of Indian Medical Association, was one of Governing body member of Indian Council of Medical Research (I.C.M.R), and was part of Board of Governors of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research.[3]
He entered into politics in mid of 1980 and was elected as Chairman of Municipal Council of Bettaiah. He, later founded Bharatiya Janata Party political party as one of his founding member in Bihar in 1980. In 1990, he was elected as MLA to Bihar Legislative Assembly. Between 1992 and 1995, he worked as Convenor of Internal Resource Committee in Bihar Legislative Assembly and between 1993 and 1994 as a Chairman of Estimates Committee. In 1995, he was appointed as President of BJP Medical Cell(Chikitsa Manch) of Bihar.
In 1996, he contested for Member of Parliament from Bettiah constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket to enter 11th Lok Sabha and successively got re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha and 13th Lok Sabha in 1998 and 1999.
In 2004 elections for Member of Parliament, he lost to Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Raghunath Jha.[4] He later quit BJP to join RJD when differences mounted in tickets sharing and selection of right candidates with BJP state unit president Keshri Nath Tripathi to return to BJP in few months with high command intervention.[5][2]
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- Chairman, Municipal Council, Bettiah between 1978 and 1983.
- Founding Member of Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980.
- Member of Executive Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar from 1990 onwards.
- Elected as MLA for Bihar Legislative Assembly between 1990 and 1995.
- Served as Convenor for Internal Resources Committee in Bihar Legislative Assembly between 1992 and 1995.
- Served as chairman for Estimates Committee in Bihar Legislative Assembly between 1992 and 1995.
- Elected as President of Bharatiya Janata Party Chikitsa Manch of Bihar.
- Elected to 11th Lok Sabha in 1996.
- Served as Member of Committee on Commerce between 1996 and 1997.
- Served as Member of Consultative Committee in Ministry of Defence between 1996 and 1997.
- Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha in 1998.
- Elected as Bharatiya Janata Party Secretary in 1998.
- Served as Member of Consultative Committee in Ministry of Coals and Textiles between 1998 and 1999.
- Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha in 1999.
- Served as Member of Committee on Railways and Member of Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances for members of parliament between 1999 and 2000.
- Served as Member of Committee on Public Accounts between 1999 and 2001.