Career
1995-1999 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
5 August 2004 Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
5 August 2006- May 2008 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
6 August 2009 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
31 August 2009 Member, Committee on Finance
1 May 2010 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.