When he decided to enter the political arena, his colleagues suggested the name Hizbullah (Party of God), as it could describe his convictions.

He initiated free drug-detoxification programs in response to an increase in trafficking of street drugs in Muslim neighborhoods.

Cehl Meeah collaborated with PTr and Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD) to defeat the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) after the 1976 general elections.

In 1995 having formed Hizbullah, his party won its first seat in the parliament through Imaam Beehary due to "best loser system".

Meeah is known to have alleged links with a radical militia known as "l'Escadron de la Mort" which used to burn down whatever they considered disallowed by the Islamic faith in the capital.

In December 2000, Meeah was arrested and accused of involvement in the murders of three Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) members just before the island's 1996 parliamentary elections.

The UK based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) adopted his case, declaring him a "Prisoner of Faith" and considering his arrest a direct result of his political opposition.