 He unsuccessfully contested in the next elections in 1999, but was elected again in the 2004, 2008 and 2013 Karnataka state assembly elections.He was also the chairman of sanjeevini co operative hospital from 2001.Co- founded by Dr A.C.Munivenkate Gowda and Dr Gururaj Hebbar, which also runs an institution H. D. Deve Gowda college of nursing and para medical science.