 He is a former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the Guna constituency in the state of Madhya Pradesh until his defeat in the 2019 Indian general election.He is a former member of the Indian National Congress and presently a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.In Indian National Congress, he was a Minister of State with independent charge for Power in the cabinet of prime minister Manmohan Singh from October 2012 until May 2014.