Additional positions and memberships held include : Vice President of the U . P . Sugarcane Co-operative Union Federation, ( 1949 1955 ), member of the Indian Central Sugarcane Committee & UP-Bihar Sugarcane Board ( 1952 1955 ), member of the State Transport Authority ( 1957 1959 ), chairman of the Indian Sugarcane Development Council ( 1967 1975 ), head of the U . P . Sugar Mills Nationalization Committee ( 1970 ), member of the U . P . Legislative Assembly ( 1952 1962, 1967, 1969 1977 ), chairman of the Public Undertakings Committee U . P . ( 1973 1975 ), Deputy Minister of Co-operatives in UP ( 1959 1960 ), Cabinet Minister in U . P . ministries of Irrigation, Power, Industries, Labor, Education, Technical Education and Home ( 1970 1971 ), Agriculture Minister of U . P . ( 1975 1977 ), Lok Dal party leader in the Rajya Sabha M . P . ( April 1984-1988 ), member of Committee on Privilege in the Rajya Sabha ( 1984 ), member of the Joint Select Committees of parliament on the Lok Pal Bill ( 1985 ) and the Indian Medical Council Bill ( 1987 ), Rashtriya Lok Dal Vice President ( 1987 1988 ), Deputy Leader of the Janata Dal and National Front parliamentary party in the Rajya Sabha ( 1988 1990 ), and returned upon re-election to the Rajya Sabha ( 1990 ).
