When he was on a hunger strike with a demand for the establishment of Degree College at Dwarahat, Almora he had lost sizeable weight but was still determined to continue his hunger strike till death or till the accomplishment of his demand.

At that time he was working as an Owner Editor of Dronanchal Prahari, a fortnightly paper which he used to publish from Dwarahat.

In 1968-69 he started publication of a fortnightly newspaper Yuvjan Mashal and worked for the achievement of the people’s demands.

Tripathi was a founder member of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal along with Dr. D. D. Pant, Indramani Badoni and Kashi Singh Airy Hari Dutt Bahuguna.

He was one of the staunch stalwarts who stood for the establishment of Uttarakhand and he successfully worked for the achievement of this goal.

After his death his son Pushpesh Tripathi was elected as MLA from Dwarahat assembly constituency.