[3] Sihota resigned as Minister of Labour in 1995 after the Law Society of BC suspended his licence to practice for 18 months, due to finding him guilty of professional misconduct.

[4] He was reinstated to Cabinet in 1996, but resigned again in December of the same year due to new allegations of corruption, abuse of office, and conflict of interest.

The new allegations were related to actions he performed while in office that benefited his friend and former Vancouver MP Herb Dhaliwal.

Law Society denied the allegation, the hint that the investigation of our outspoken environment minister was politically motivated was too strong to be dismissed that quickly.

However, Hughes also said at the time of the finding that had the new laws been in place during Dhaliwal's appointment in 1991, Sihota would have been found to be in a conflict of interest.

A new investigation was started not by the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, but by fellow NDP party member and Glen Clark deputy minister Doug McArthur.

After retiring from politics following the NDP's defeat in the, 2001 provincial election, Sihota became a television host for The New VI (formerly A-Channel now CTV2) in Victoria.

[10] The 100 Year Journey Project chronicles the stories of the first 100 South Asians that impacted Canadian Society, chartered new territories and broke new ground.

In October 2010, the media revealed that Sihota was being paid a salary for his position as president,[13] with payments from the Canadian Union of Public Employees, United Steelworkers, and the British Columbia Federation of Labour.

[15] Sihota, along with party leader Adrian Dix, faced criticism for running a poor campaign following the NDP's unexpected defeat in the 2013 provincial election.