After his expulsion, Jwala joined the newly-formed Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist), and is running as one of its candidates for the House of Representatives in the 2022 Nepalese general election.
[1] In the 1994 Nepalese general election, Jwala ran for the House of Representatives as a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), standing in the Salyan 1 constituency.
[8] After receiving assurances from party leaders, Jwala successfully ran for the newly-formed Karnali Provincial Assembly in the 2017 Nepalese general election.
[9] Following the election and the formation of a coalition government between the CPN (UML) and the Maoists, Jwala was appointed the Minister of Finance of Karnali Province; in this role, he was responsible for overseeing the provincial budget.
[13] On 16 April 2021, the CPN (UML) initiated a vote of no confidence against the Maoist-led government of Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, the chief minister of Karnali Province.
A high level probe commission,[20] formed by the government under the former judge Shekhar Prasad Poudel, has convicted the minister Jwala for the incident.