Positions Held : 1964-77 Member, National Executive of Jana Sangh 1977-80 General Secretary, Kerala State Janata Party June 1992 Elected to Rajya Sabha 994-96 Member, Committee on Railways 1996-97 Member, Committee on Communications Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources 1996-98 Chairman, Committee on Petitions June 1998 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha 1998-99 Member, Tea Board Member, Committee on Human Resource Development Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs Oct. 1999 onwards Minister of State in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (relinquished the charge of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs on 24 July 2000 and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs on 29 January 2003 Sept. 2000-1 July 2002 Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways 1 July 2002-29 Jan. 2003 Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation 29 Jan. 2003 onwards Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence 30 Jan. 2003 onwards Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs