For over 25 years, Bastola served as President of Sunsari District's Nepali Congress party, an office to which B. P. Koirala appointed him.

In Parliament, he fought for legislation to bring equal representation of minority ethnicities such as the Terai people as well as stronger infrastructure and economic development in his district.

Uma Bastola mobilized women in the Sunsari-4 district to join the movement and even ran for a seat in the Pratinidhi Sabha from Sunsari 1 (constituency) in Dharan.

Hari Nath Bastola now travels between the United States and Nepal to see his family but remains an active voice against corruption and discrimination, even in his own party.

A current project he is working on is the creation of a Mandir in Barahakshetra which he hopes will develop the area through internal tourism and increase the public welfare and revenue of the community.