 At the time, he was a Sanjay Gandhi loyalist and a bakery owner.In 1991, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha, and then again in 2004 when he won by the largest number of votes ever in India, 855,543, representing Indian National Congress in outer Delhi.Following his election in 2005, he served as Member, Committee on Urban Development and Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.