Pandey worked in the BJP organisation in the Kawardha and Rajnandgaon region before winning the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat in 2019. In 2024 the Congress fielded former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel against him; Pandey won by 44,411 votes (7,12,057 to 6,67,646), according to Election Commission of India data. He has spoken in the Lok Sabha on railway grants and on the 150th anniversary of the national song "Vande Mataram".
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