Career
He was the Chief Minister of Bihar from March 1967 to January 1968. He was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Patna constituency of Bihar in 1977.Before quitting Congress, he was among the four prominent leaders of Bihar unit during 1960s, others being Krishna Vallabh Sahay, Satender Narain Sinha & Binodanand Jha.
