 In 2001 he quit BJP in protest against not granting statehood to Telangana and launched a party called Telangana Sadhana Samithi (TSS) for achieving Telangana state.He, later on, merged with TRS Telangana Rashtra Samithi before he was asked to resign due to corruption charges.He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999 from Medak Lok Sabha constituency and in 2004 from Medak Lok Sabha constituency.