Mr. Manwa went for the opposition benches, after the PTI forward block led coalition government field in on July 13, 2023.
Mr. Manwa holds the portfolio of Chairman Standing Committee on Home and Prisons department along with additional portfolios of Services and GAD along with Law reforms and Parliamentary Affairs.
Manwa contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GBA-5 (Nagar-I) as an Independent candidate.
He won the election by the margin of 720 votes over the runner up Rizwan Ali of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen.
[2] On 6 July 2023, he announced his resignation from the basic membership of the PTI, alluding to the 2023 Pakistani protests as the reason.