 The party moved in Lok Sabha to demand his disqualification but the move was aborted post his rapprochement with Nitish Kumar in 2013.He was given a ticket to contest the Munger Lok Sabha seat but was defeated by Veena Devi of LJP by nearly 1 lakh votes.He was nominated to the Legislative Council under the Governor's quota and made the Minister for Road Construction in the Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet in June 2014.