Career
He is affectionately known as Chacha ("Uncle" in English) in his constituency of Kharagpur Sadar. He contested his first election in 1962 and became a minister in 1969 in Ajoy Mukherjee’s cabinet, taking charge of Small Industries and Jails. In Siddhartha Shankar Ray’s cabinet, he was the Minister for Transport, Jail and Parliamentary Affairs.
He has represented Khragpur since 1982, and in the 2011 election, he defeated Anil Kumar Das of the Consumer price index(M) by over 32,000 votes.
He was sworn in as the Speaker by Governor M. K. Narayanan on May 18, 2011.
