 After the communist takeover, he held the post of vice-minister of agruculture.After voicing criticisms towards Todor Zhivkov's reforms of de-Stalinization in the late 50s he was ostracized for a while, but was then brought back and made a member of Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party.Toward the end of 1964 and in early 1965, Todorov-Gorunia and Tzolo Кrastev ("Цоло Кръстев") organized group of high-ranking military officers planning to overthrow the regime led by Todor Zhivkov.