Political Career
1967 Member of Parliament (MP) from the Nalgonda (Lok Sabha constituency)
1967-71 Minister of Law, Justice, and Waqf
1967-71 Deputy Minister of Railways
1971 Contested Lok Sabha from Aligarh and lost.
1974 he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh.
Late 1970s member of the Parliamentary Board of Congress (Urs).
Vice President Lok Dal and also a member of its parliamentary board.
1990 The Governor of Bihar
1991 MP from Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)
1996 Rejoined Congress and remained with INC till his death in 2004.
Positions held as expert of Law
He practised at Andhra Pradesh High Court and also in the Supreme Court, as a lawyer, Minister of Law, Justice, and Waqf.
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