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- He was a member of the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) of India.
- In 1989, he was elected to the
9th Lok Sabha from Surat
constituency in Gujarat. He was
re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991,
1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the
same constituency.
- He served as a union cabinet
minister in the department of
textiles, twice, in the Atal Bihari
Vajpayee led NDA govt during
1998-2004.
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