 As a senior leader of the TRS and one of the foremost leaders of the Telangana movement Vinod was appointed as the deputy floor leader of the TRS party in the Lok Sabha.This position is being used to ensure that all issues relevant to Telangana are raised in Parliament and that the TRS MPs get equal opportunities to speak on issues.On 29 May 2014 the NDA Government issued an ordinance transferring 136 villages, 211 hamlets and seven mandals from Khammam district in Telangana to East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh for the sake of the Polavaram Project.