He was earlier a member of the Indian National Congress, and was elected to the Manipur Legislative Assembly from Sagolband constituency in 2012 and 2017.
[1][2] He is the eldest son of Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh, the first Union Minister from Manipur in the erstwhile ministry of Rajiv Gandhi.
His detractors say that the sole reason for not getting it was due to the fact that he is the son-in-law of the present BJP Chief Minister of Manipur, Nongthombam Biren Singh.
[3][4][5][6] His relationship with the CLP Leader and ex CM Okram Ibobi Singh is believed to be one of the factors for his action leading to his voting for the Maharaja of Manipur.
Singh was expelled from Indian National Congress in 2020 for voting in favour of BJP Rajya Sabha Candidate Maharaja Leishemba Sanajaoba.
He has friends across party lines in both the BJP and the Congress and now plays an important role in the state politics for providing a stable government.