He was unanimously selected Parliamentary Party leader of Nepali Congress for Gandaki Province[2] after potential CM candidate Pradip Poudel lost in his constituency with less than 100 vote's margin.

[3][4] All the opposition had supported him to be next chief-minister of Gandaki Province submitting to Governor a list of majority signatures as Prithivi Subba Gurung failed to get vote of confidence in assembly as per Article 168 (4) of the Constitution of Nepal.

Nepal who have been active in politics for the past four decades have repeatedly spent more than three years in prison during the movement to restore democracy in this country.

During the referendum of 1980, he was sent to Jumla as an in charge of Nepali Congress to motivate people to vote in favour of Multi-party system.

3 Nepali Congress candidates for direct party (c. 2013 AD) 2074: Gandaki Province Nawalparasi East elected 1-1 in the historic first state assembly election of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (c. 2017 AD) 2075: Gandaki Province unanimously elected as the leader of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party[7] (c. 2018 AD): 2078: Chief Minister of Gandaki Province