Career
He was born in chhapra in rajput family.He is accused in multiple cases. Political He represented the Maharajganj constituency of Bihar from 2004 to 2009 on JDU ticket.In 2009,he contested on jdu ticket,but lost to another rajput leader uma shankar singh of rjd narrowly.After the death of Uma shankar singh,seat went vacant.He switched the side and contested on rjd ticket. This time he defeated the jdu"s nominee P.K. shahi handsomely.In 2014, he was again the nominee of rjd but lost to somewhat weaker candidate of BJP Janardhan Singh Sigriwal in Modi wave.
When he was Member of Parliament, he raised the sound for including bhojpuri in 8th schedule of constitution.