Dr Karad is a member of the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra. He joined the BJP in 1996 while practising medicine in the city. He was later elected as a corporator and since then, he has been the two-time mayor of Aurangabad city, vice-president of the BJP state executive and president of the Marathwada Statutory Development Corporation for two years. He has played a big role in the growth of BJP in Marathwada.