After the re-establishment of democracy, he was elected deputy mayor of Kathmandu, serving from 1992 to 1997.
He was the minister of industry from 2016 to 2017 in the coalition government of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and Nepali Congress under the leadership of Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
[1] After the restoration of democracy following the 1990 revolution,[clarification needed] Joshi was elected deputy mayor of Kathmandu in 1992.
[1] Revival of Nepal Drug Limited, the publicly-owned drug-maker, was among the achievements of his term.
[7] Joshi served as the spokesperson of his party, Nepali Congress, from 2008 to 2013.
[9] Joshi had suffered a minor heart attack in 2017 from which he recovered following an angioplasty.
[1] Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba remembered Joshi as "an excellent organiser" and "an honest and faithful leader".