Parliament In 1999, Naik was elected to the
13th Lok Sabha from
North Goa constituency. He has held his seat in this constituency consistently, winning in
2004,
2009,
2014 and
2019 elections. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, he won with a margin of 105,000 votes. In 2024, he was also a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from North Goa for the sixth time in a row.
Minister roles Further, as advised by the Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, the President appointed Naik as Minister for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) in the
16th Lok Sabha. He was one of probable candidates for Goa CM while Manohar Parrikar made as Union/Central minister. Naik was appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of AYUSH,
Government of India, on 9 November 2014. On 25 March 2016, Naik publicly stated he had access to research which proved that diseases such as
cancer could be cured by
yoga. He further stated that his Ministry was a year away from granting an endorsement to such techniques and research. The statement was challenged by medical researchers, scholars and doctors, who advocated caution in claiming a cure to cancer on the basis of unproven and unpublished research with no scientific evidence. Naik continued as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH and was appointed Minister of State for Defence on 31 May 2019. In July 2021, he was named he was appointed Union Minister of State for New and Renewable Energy. At the FICCI Green Hydrogen Summit in 2025, he stated India aimed to capture close to 10% of global green hydrogen demand. ==Awards==