[6][7][8] Turning to politics in 2002, Singh joined the Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party and won the assembly elections from Heingang.

Under Mr. Singh's leadership that the BJP not only increased its seat share in the Manipur Assembly, from 21 (in 2017) to 32 (in 2022), but had also managed to weather several storms while running the government in the last five years.

Biren Singh tendered his resignation on 9 February 2025, though he continued to serve as the caretaker chief minister until his successor was appointed.

Despite having had no formal training and experience, he began the Meitei language daily Naharolgi Thoudang in 1992 and worked as the editor till 2001.

[3] In 2002, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur, as the Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party (DRPP) candidate in the constituency Heingang.

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in India, Manipur became the third State to declare itself coronavirus free after the two patients who had tested positive successfully recovered from the virus.

All members resigned from Indian National Congress and later joined Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of Ram Madhav, Baijayant Panda and Chief Minister of Manipur Biren Singh.

[27][28][29][30] During his administration, nearly 20,000 acres of poppy plantations were destroyed under the initiative of the government's war on drugs, mainly from hilly areas including the Kangpokpi and Ukhrul districts.

[31] In January 2017, his son N Ajay was sentenced to a five-year jail term for the murder of Irom Roger after a traffic related altercation during Holi in 2011.