He was a supporter of separate state since long. In 1992, after retiring from High Court, he started supporting the movement on public platforms, through his writings in local newspapers and helping in legal issue. He led the movement in 1998-99, when the movement was falling apart. In 1998, the Union government decided to send the Bill concerning formation of Jharkhand State to Bihar Legislative Assembly to which Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that the State would be divided over his dead body.
