pokhrel has been heavily involved in the democratic movement and arrested on many occasions. he served as the chairman of the district development committee (ddc), tanahu district from 1992 to 1997. he was elected council member of vyas municipality – 9 tanahu, nepal in 1999. in 1968 he founded and served as the principal of the nirmal high school in damauli, tanahun. until recently, he served a member secretary of the central publicity department in the nepali congress party and member of foreign relation committee. he is older brother of dr. jagadish chandra pokharel, former vice chairman of the national planning commission of nepal. hmg npc. he is also the founding general secretary of the federation of district development committees.