[1][2] He is also involved in literature and have won a Madan Puraskar for his book Bisarjan in 2054 B.S.

He became Prime Minister on October 11, 2002, a week after the king launched a coup against the Nepali Congress government of Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Chand was forced to resign in 2003 after massive protests and an intensification of the civil war with Maoist rebels.

Ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Chand is the top candidate of RPP for the closed proportional representation list.

His son Jayant Chand is in politics and became Minister twice and is active in his father's party.