At the start of Bangladesh Liberation war he crossed into India. He served as the political adviser to the Acting President of the Mujibnagar Government. From 1972 to 1974 he was the senior vice president of Bangladesh Awami League. In 1973 he was elected to parliament. In 1975 he was made the Minister of Information and Broadcasting. he was a central member of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League He was jailed for two years after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. In 1979 he lost a parliamentary election. In 1981 he was elected to the Awami League presidium council. He joined the cabinet of Hussain Mohammad Ershad as the Minister of Jute and Textile and later he was the Minister of Public Works and Urban Development.
