He used to work in the tea gardens of
Alipurduar district at the age of 14. After that, he started to raise the voice for the welfare of the tea workers. In May 2019, in the
2019 Lok Sabha election, he defeated
Dasrath Tirkey of
Trinamool Congress by more than 2 lakh votes from
Alipurduar. On 8 July 2021, he was made the
Minister of State for Minority Affairs during the cabinet reshuffle in the
Narendra Modi cabinet. In 2022 he was arrested after he breached the elections code of conduct. In June 2024 he was replaced and his predecessor Kiren took over as successor. He joined Trinamool Congress on 15 May 2025 in the presence of West Bengal Pradesh President Subrata Bakshi, Central Treasurer of AITC and Minister Aroop Biswas and State Vice President Jayaprakash Mazumder. ==References==