In 1999, Ravi had won from the Ponda constituency on Congress ticket and in 2000 he led a group of MLAs when he was the leader of opposition and joined BJP to help the then chief minister Manohar Parrikar to form the first BJPled government in the state
प्रणव मुखर्जी १९६९ मध्ये इंदिरा गांधींच्या मदतीने काँग्रेचे राज्यसभेचे खासदार झाले.