Career
He started his career as an Institute for Advanced Study officer and was principal secretary to Biju Patnaik. He was considered as the mastermind and the proxy leader of the Biju Janata Dal. He was suspended from the Biju Janata Dal, following an alleged coup attempt against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in June 2012, while the chief minister was in London.
He attributed his resignation to absence of communication between him and BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.