 They also contested in 13th Lok Sabha (1999) elections, but lost by BJP's Swami Chinmayanand by a close margin of 8,635 (1.25℅) votes.In his fifth Legislature term, in the 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2002) elections, he again contest from Mariyahu and defeated his nearest candidate Barkhu Ram Verma (Independent) by a margin of 7,077 (5.16℅) votes.In 2003, after the fall of the BSP government, when Mulayam Singh Yadav became the Chief Minister, he also got a place in the his cabinet with portfolios of Animal Husbandry.