In 2015, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party, after Congress denied a ticket to his father Buta Singh.
His father, who was the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes at that time, took leave from work to campaign for him.
[5] He achieved a surprise victory, defeating BSP's Sreelal by a big margin of 16,627 votes.
[6] In 2010, he raised the issue of reservation for scheduled castes in Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee.
The proposal was shot down by his namesake Arvinder Singh Lovely, who was the Delhi Gurudwara election and administration minister at that time.