 Koda is the third independent legislator to assume the office of chief minister of an Indian state, including Biswanath Das in Orissa in 1971 and Flinder Anderson Khonglam in Meghalaya in 2002.His wife Geeta Koda, MP from West Singhbhum district is among the six MLAs representing smaller regional parties led by Hemant Soren formed on 13 July 2013.In December 2017, he was convicted by a court of law and sentenced to three-years in jail and fined .