 He also contested in 15th Lok Sabha (2009) elections, but lost by BSP's Dhananjay Singh by a margin of 80,381 (10.52℅) votes.In his sixth Legislature term, in the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections, Samajwadi Party gave him ticket from newly created Malhani (Assembly constituency).He defeated Independent candidate Dr Jagriti Singh (wife of Dhananjay Singh) by a huge margin of 31,502 (16.28℅) votes and elected MLA of Malhani.