He led a coalition of the Shoshit Samaj Dal party of Jagdeo Prasad and the Congress. The parting of the approaches in between the Koeris and the Kurmis and the motion of the Koeris absent from Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) was witnessed soon after the formation of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party by Upendra Kushwaha, who commanded enormous support among the users of the Koeri castes.