She went on to win three elections to the Karnataka assembly and was later made the minister of women and child development in the state
पुढे त्यांनी कर्नाटक विधानसभेच्या तीन निवडणुका जिंकल्या आणि नंतर त्या राज्याच्या महिला व बालकल्याण मंत्रीही झाल्या.