 He served as the Maharashtra governor in 1993-2002.The BJP led National Democratic Alliance (India) first proposed his name for presidency but as the Telugu Desam Party did not agree to his candidature in spite of repeated requests from the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (India).Alexander quit the post disgusted with the Telugu Desam Party .Then Alexander was elected to the Rajya Sabha on a National Democratic Alliance (India) ticket and continued to take a keen interest in national affairs till some time ago.