 rose in the ranks of the party to be elected unanimously as the Treasurer of Dravida Munnetras Kazhagam in 1994 - 2008.He is the member of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party for a long time and has been elected to Tamil Nadu assembly six times.He has participated in several agitations against oppression staged by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and courted arrest several times, the most notable one being MISA in 1976 when he was arrested and tortured for one year .