[1] Kevichüsa first began his political career in 1968 when he joined the United Front of Nagaland (UFN) as a voluntary party worker.

While still a party worker he also served as the Head Master of Central High School, Dimapur.

[1] With the proclamation of Emergency in 1975, Kevichüsa along with other party leaders were incarcerated in the Nowgaon Special Jail from November 1976 to March 1977.

He was dropping his daughter for her tuition class, when armed men from the NSCN-IM opened fire on his vehicle after several days of tracking his movements at Fellowship Colony, Dimapur.

[5][6] In his interview with Deepak Dewan, the Political Editor of North East Sun Magazine on 28 November 1998 when asked about Chalie Kevichüsa, Thuingaleng Muivah said: “Mr.