Involved in the political activities in 1966 influencing from Marxism-Leninism in 1966. Member of Communist Party of Nepal in Feb-1970 and became the member of area committee in 1970. Started and Involved in underground politics against autocratic party-less Panchayat System in 1970. Arrested for the first time in 1970. District committee member of party in 1971 and Chief of the Jhapa Movement Organizing Committee in 1972. Arrested and imprisoned and put in the various jails and toxic cells for 14 consecutive years from 1973 to 1987. Released from jail in 1987. Central Committee Member of the party in 1987. In-charge for Lumbini Zone till April 1990. Standing committee member and chief of foreign department of CPN (UML) since 1992. Founder president of the National Democratic Youth Federation of Nepal(DNYF), a sister organization of the party in 1990. Member of the parliament in the House of Representatives (HOR) from Jhapa district constituency no. 6 since 1991 and from Jhapa constituency no. 2 in 1999 as well.
