Imran Masood Explained

Imran Masood
Birth Date:1971 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence:Saharanpur
Office1:Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:13 May 2007
Term End1:9 March 2012
Predecessor1:Jagdish Singh Rana
Successor1:Mahaveer Singh Rana
Constituency1:Muzaffarabad
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:4 June 2024
Predecessor:Haji Fazlur Rehman
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Saima Masood
Children:5 daughters
Relations:Rasheed Masood
Otherparty:Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party
Constituency:Saharanpur
Education:HR Inter College Gangoh (High school)

Imran Masood (born 21 April 1971) is an Indian politician.He is currently serving Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Saharanpur. He has served as the Chairman of Saharanpur's Municipal Council and MLA from Muzzafarabad (now Behat) in Saharanpur District in the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.

He was a vice president of Indian National Congress, Uttar Pradesh. He was also a member of Advisory Council in Uttar Pradesh Congress. He served as the National Secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC).

Political career

Masood was given ticket from the Congress party from the Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency for the 2014 Indian general election. In March 2014, a video clip surfaced in which Masood was seen threatening then BJP's Prime-Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi.[1] In the video clip, Masood was allegedly threatening to "chop" Modi "into pieces."[2] Masood's partisans claim that this clip was six months old and had been deliberately leaked to polarize the electorate ahead of the Lok Sabha election. On 29 March 2014, he was arrested by for his hate speech against Narendra Modi.[3] Later on, he was defeated by BJP candidate Raghav Lakhanpal.

He contested 2017 assembly election of UP and lost.[4]

In the 2017 UP Vidhan Sabha elections Imran Masood fought from the Nakur Constituency. He lost to Dharam Singh Saini of BJP.

On 7 October 2023 Imran Masood again joined Indian National Congress.[5] He was subsequently named the party's candidate from Saharanpur for the 2024 Indian general election. Masood won the election by a margin of 5.25% against former MP Raghav Lakhanpal[6]

Positions held

Elections contested

width=50Yearwidth=80Election Typewidth=150Constituencywidth=70Resultwidth=70Vote percentagewidth=150Opposition Candidatewidth=70Opposition Partywidth=70Opposition vote percentagewidth=25Ref
2006Chairman Nagar Palika Parishad, Saharanpur 43.60% Harish Malik BJP40.60% [7]
200728.14% SP25.77% [8]
201236.71% 38.59% [9]
201434.15% BJP39.60% [10]
201735.51% BJP37.11%[11]
201916.81% BSP41.74% [12]
2024Saharanpur44.6%Raghav LakhanpalBJP39.3%[13]

Notes and References

  1. News: Congress candidate Imran Masood threatens to 'chop' Narendra Modi. Economic Times. 28 March 2014.
  2. News: 2014-03-29 . Congress candidate Imran Masood arrested for 'chop Modi into pieces' remark . 2024-07-11 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
  3. Web site: 29 March 2014 . Imran Masood arrested for his Hate Speech against Narendra Modi . IANS . news.biharprabha.com.
  4. News: Imran Masood as Congress Candidate.
  5. Web site: SP और BSP होते हुए फिर Congress में लौटे इमरान मसूद, राहुल के इस करीबी नेता ने दिलाई सदस्यता . 2023-10-07 . Zee News . hi.
  6. News: 2024-06-05 . Saharanpur election results 2024: Cong's Imran Masood wins . 2024-07-11 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
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  11. Web site: Election Commission of India.
  12. Web site: General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India . 27 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190525051527/http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS241.htm?ac=1 . 25 May 2019 . dead .
  13. Web site: 2024-06-04 . Saharanpur Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Lok Sabha Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MP, Margin . 2024-06-05 . News18 . en.