In 2006 Sunilam formed part of a seven-member delegation, led by Sitaram Yechury, that visited Nepal to show support for the pro-democracy movement there.

In 2004 Sunilam finished third in the contest for the Betul Lok Sabha seat, obtaining 74,391 votes. At the time of the election, he had 41 criminal cases registered against him. In 2008 he contested a by-election for the same seat, but lost his deposit. Three court case appeals are pending in Madhya Pradesh High against Dr. Sunilam, rest in all cases of Multai firing, he was freed and court found him not guilty. The judgment given By ADJ/DJ court Multai was appealed as the Wrong judgment and Hon’ble High court immediately released him on bail and suspended the sentence. It is always said that Dr. Sunilam was convicted because Bigger political parties don’t want him to contest the Election as he is very popular and honest leader and known kisan leader of India.

He took part in founding the Socialist Front in the early 2000s. As of 2008, he served as the national secretary of the Samajwadi Party. He holds a doctorate and was an activist of the Hind Mazdoor Kisan Panchayat. He is also the president of the Madhya Pradesh Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (MPKSS, ‘Peasant Struggle Association’), based in Multai. As a politician, he obtained fame for being non-corrupt.

Being the founder President of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (Farmers Struggle Committee), he offered his leadership for Kisan Andolans. He was sent to prison for three months, after his arrest in Kisan Andolan at Multai, M.P, where 24 innocent farmers/kisans were shot dead and 250 injured under police firing on 12 January 1998. Congress Government has lodged 66 false cases against Dr Sunilam and his associate farmers in one single incident of police firing in Multai. Every month, Kisan sangharsh Samiti, Madhya Pradesh organises the Kisan Mahapanchayat (General Meeting of Farmers). On 12 January 2011, the 175th Kisan Mahapanchayat was organised.

In 1998, Sunilam won the legislative assembly seat of Multai, by a margin of 50% votes. He contested this seat as People’s candidate of farmers community (Jan Ummidawar of Kisan community) in Kisan mahapanchayat. Later, with the help of various Madhya Pradesh kisan sangathans, he made Kisan-Mazdoor-Adiwasi Kranti Dal, which merged with the Samajwadi Party; he again won the Multai assembly seat in 2003, with 60% of polled votes. He was made the Leader of the Samajwadi Legislative Party of Madhya Pradesh, by party president Shri Mulayam Singh Yadavj, and he was also appointed as National Secretary of Samajwadi Party.

Sunilam, formerly known as Sunil Mishra (born 27 July 1961), is an Indian socialist politician, writer, and former physicist. As of the mid-1990s, he served as the national general secretary of the Yuva Janata Dal.

Sunil Mishra was born on 27 July 1961, at Govt. Sultaniya Hospital in Bhopal, India.