He stood as a candidate for the mayor post of Kathmandu Metropolitan City in May 2017.
[1] [2] He also stood for the election in 2008 Nepalese constituent Assembly from Kathmandu area no.
He received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Management from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
His active and most important participation in the Nepalese politics was during the late 80s and early 90s, when he worked as a student leader, who threatened the then royal government and resulted in his arrest by the former royal government in May 1985 and was detained for two years without charge or trial, including two months of incommunicado detention.
Amnesty International strongly demanded his release to the then royal government after the reports of torture had been revealed.