[1] He has served as Minister at various points in time.
[2] He is also a central committee member of the Nepali Congress.
[3] He has also served as a member of the 1st Constituent Assembly and 2nd Constituent Assembly representing Nepali Congress party.
He defeated two former deputy PMs, Raghubir Mahasheth and Ishwor Pokhrel in 1990 and 1999, respectively.
In 2017, he was defeated as Deepak Karki of the Nepali Congress joined FSF-N and ran as a candidate.