His greatest political achievement was in 1946 when Pujari, as an independent candidate for the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) by-elections with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's blessings and support, defeated Congressman Raja Gunottam Hutheesing, husband of Krishna Hutheesing and brother-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India.