From 1995 to 2000, as a break from active politics, he was the deputy rector of Universal College, a secondary school located in the rural district of Rivière du Rempart.

[10][11][12] In preparation for the September 2000 General Elections, Bachoo played a key role in forging the MSM/MMM alliance which would eventually enable Paul Bérenger to become the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of Mauritius.

9 and was elected with 65% of votes at the top of the list, ahead of his running mates Sangeet Fowdar and Prem Koonjoo who defeated Ramesh Sunt, Lormesh Bundhoo and Dan Beeharry of the Alliance PTr-PMXD.

[13][14][15] Along with Mukeshwar Choonee and Meckduth Chumroo, Bachoo left the MSM in February 2005 and formed a new party that they called Mouvement Socialiste Démocrate (MSD) in preparation for the 3 July 2005 General Elections.

This second consecutive defeat at general elections was mainly attributed to Bachoo's diminishing influence on socio-cultural organisations such as the Mauritius Sanathan Dharma Temple’s Federation (MSDTF).

[26] Soon after the 30-March-2013 floods in Port Louis which killed 11 people, protesters marched in front of the National Assembly to demand the resignation of Minister Anil Bachoo.

Alain Bertrand, spokesperson of the Black Saturday Emergency Committee, deemed Bachoo to be incompetent as he failed to protect citizens as main drains were blocked and public works (for an extra lane from Caudan to Harbour Front) were so badly planned and executed that 11 people died as they became trapped during seasonal floods.

[31][32][33] Ashwin Dookun, president of the CNT, revealed in the press that Anil Bachoo could be exerting undue political interference on the Central Procurement Board (CPB) during the bidding process for new buses at the National Transport Corporation (NTC).

Several fatal accidents (such as at Sorèze highway and the case of a door of an NTC bus which became loose were mentioned as examples of the poor fleet maintenance under Bachoo's watch.