1971 |
Elected to 5th Lok Sabha |
1971-77 |
Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit |
1973-74 and 1974-75 |
Member, Executive, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.) |
1974 |
Member, Pradesh Election Committee, Orissa |
1974-77 |
Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Orissa |
1975-78 |
Member, Committee of Privileges;President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Balasore |
1980 |
Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
1990-91 |
Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly;Member, Public Accounts Committee |
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;Member, Executive Committee, Janata Dal, Orissa;Member, Committee on Government Assurances;Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals;Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways;;Member, General Purposes Committee ;Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party;Member Standing Committee on Water Resources;Member, Committee on Estimates;Member, Joint-Parliamentary Committee on Wakf;Member, General Purpose Committee;Co-Chairman, SC/ST Welfare Board, Orrisa;Member, Standing Committee on Defence;Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communciation;Member, Chairman, Panel Committee in Parliament House ;;; |
1991 |
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
1991-95 |
Member, Committee on Agriculture;Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways |
1995-96 |
Member, Public Accounts Committee, Orissa Legislative Assembly |
1995-98 |
Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly (2nd term) |
1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) ;Deputy Leader, Biju Janata Dal, Parliamentary Party |
1998-99 |
Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table;Member, General Purposes Committee |
1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) ;Leader, Biju Janata Dal, Parliamentary Party |
1999-2000 |
Chairman, Committee on Papers laid on the Table;Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals |
2000 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications. |
27 May 2000 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources |
2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term);Chairman B.J.D. Parliamentary Party |
2005 to till date |
District President, Biju Janata Dal, Bhadrak ; |
2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term);Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party |
Jun 2009 |
Member, Panel of Chairmen |
31 Aug 2009 |
Member, Standing Committee on Industry |
1 May 2010 |
Member, Committee on Estimates |