Maiden contest to Assembly of Kerala [2006]
Entered politics through student wing of RSP.
A trade union leader
Elected to Navaikkulam Gramapanchayat in Thiruvananthapuram District in 1987
Elected to Thiruvananthapuram District Council in 1991
Elected to Thiruvananthapuram District Council in 1995
Elected to Lok Sabha in 1996 from Kollam . He defeated Sri S Krishnakumar.
Elected to Lok Sabha in 1998
Member of Rajya Sabha from 2000