He served as five term MLA from Thakurdwara till 2014 during Lok Sabha elections, he was nominated from Moradabad and he defeated Samajwadi Party candidate by a margin of 87,504 votes.

The administration did not try to solve the dispute by involving elders of the two communities, and instead on Thursday, 26 June, a police team broke open the lock on its gate, entered into the temple and removed the loudspeaker.

[5][6] The next day (Friday 27 June) a demonstration was held in main Kanth market and the crowd blocked the Moradabad-Hardwar road.

[7] It is said that after 26 June, district and police officials tried to win over a section of the BJP leaders and even the Moradabad MP Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh, to come up with a compromise.

Moradabad district magistrate Chandrakant was seriously injured Friday when a mob threw stones at policemen after the BJP leaders' arrest.

BJP supporters fought at Kanth as police carried out lathi charge, lobbed teargas shells and shot blanks in the air to disperse the crowds which had stopped some trains.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Moradabad, Dharamvir Yadav, in an uncharacteristically political statement, on Saturday blamed the BJP for the tense situation in Kanth, and said that BJP MP Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh had wanted to "polarise the situation ahead of the by-elections to be held in the state."

[14] Singh died from a heart attack at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, on 20 April 2024.

The late BJP nominee did not participate in his own election campaign due to ongoing health conditions.

This parliamentarian has worked on a number of developmental projects and constructive activities,[19] which include the laying foundation of schools/colleges, appointing of school teachers, civic buildings, long-delayed bridges, getting roads constructed and qualified doctors working in primary health centres in Moradabad.