He was an advocate till 1940 when he was debarred on account of political activities. He was a member of the Indian National Congress for thirty years. He became President of Chitaldroog D.C.C. from 1936 to 1940. He was a member of the Mysore Legislative Council, 1937–38 and a member of the Mysore Congress Working Committee, 1938—50 and General Secretary of the Mysore P.C.C., 1942—45; President, Mysore P.C.C., 1945–46; President, Karnataka P.C.C., 1946; Member, Constituent Assembly of India and Provisional Parliament; Member (1948—50) and President, Constituent Assembly of Mysore; Member, Congress Working Committee from 1949; Member, the Gopal Rao Enquiry Committee, Government of Mysore; Advocate of decentralisation of Industry and production and formation of States on linguistic basis.