[9] Ultimately Singh escaped expulsion,[10] but lost his seat in parliament when the House of Representatives of Fiji was disestablished by the 2006 Fijian coup d'état.

[13] In March 2007 the FTU voted for strike action in violation of state of emergency decrees,[14] resulting in a warning from the military regime.

[20] In January 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic he called for schools to stay closed and to re-open only when physical distance was no longer necessary,[21] and expressed concern about the number of teachers becoming infected.

[23] He was subsequently attacked by then-Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and education minister Premila Kumar, who suggested his views were due to plans to become an election candidate.

[29] On 24 December 2022 he was appointed Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations in the coalition government of Sitiveni Rabuka.