Career
1969-1974 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1969-1970 Deputy Minister, Uttar Pradesh 1971-1973 Cabinet Minister, Uttar Pradesh 1972-1997 Member, All India Congress Committee (Italian Association for Cells Culture) 1980-1984 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Cabinet Minister, Uttar Pradesh 1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha 1984-1988 Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira), Uttar Pradesh Member, Congress Parliamentary Board (CPB), Uttar Pradesh 1988-1990 President, P.C.C.(I), Uttar Pradesh 1990-1996 Member, Rajya Sabha 1990 Member, C.P.B., Uttar Pradesh Vice-President, P.C.C., Uttar Pradesh 1991-1995 Union Minister of State, Mines (Independent Charge) 1995-1996 Union Minister of State, Planning and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge) 1998 Rashtriya Mahasachiv, Samajwadi Party 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1998-1999 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Committee on Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers Member, House Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation.