| Started political activity as a student in 1967 by putting up Congress election campaign posters in public places |
| actively participated in politics from 1972 |
| started law practice in 1972 |
| won the 1?Panaji (North Goa) Parliamentary Constituency election in 1984 by a vast margin |
| as a Member of Parliament, he introduced the highest number of Private Members? Bills in the Eighth Lok Sabha |
| pursued the demand for Statehood to Goa rigorously with late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India which ultimately resulted in the passage of the Statehood Bill and grant of statehood to Goa on 30 May 1987 |
| also made special efforts to include Konkani in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution as a Member of Parliament and later as President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (G.P.C.C.) |
| was Chairman, Goa, Daman and Diu Industrial Development Corporation |
| was President, (i) South Goa Advocates? Association and (ii) G.P.C.C., 1990 |
| was Joint Secretary, G.P.C.C. |
| was General Secretary, G.P.C.C. |
| was Vice-President, All Goa Advocates Association |
| was Secretary, Advocates? Association of South Goa - played an active role during this time for the creation of a separate Judicial District for South Goa |
| was Secretary, A.I.C.C., 2006-07 |
| was Spokesperson, G.P.C.C. in the by-elections to the five assembly constituencies held in Goa in 2005 |
| was Member, (i) G.P.C.C. , (ii) Committee on Estimates, Lok Sabha, (iii) Committee on Subordinate Legislation and (iv) Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension |
| Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.) |
| Executive Member, G.P.C.C. |
