He belongs to the
Mech community. He represented the
Kalchini constituency. He won the Assembly Election 2016 as a member of
All India Trinamool Congress in which he defeated his nearest rival Bishal Lama of BJP. In 2009, he won a by election after the preceding MLA
Manohar Tirkey won the Lok Sabha election from
Alipurudars as an independent supported by the
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. In 2016 he joined
All India Trinamool Congress, but later switched to
BJP after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. == References ==