 He was elected as an MLA from Kollapur constituency in Mahbubnagar district in 1999,2004,2009,2012 By-elections & 2014.He was earlier a Minister for Food,Civil supplies,Legal Metrology, Consumer affairs under Late Sri YS Rajasekhar Reddy's Cabinet.Later in Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet, he was given Endowment Ministry in Andhra Pradesh.