Imran Masood

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.

Not to be confused with Imran Masood (Pakistani politician).

Imran Masood
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byHaji Fazlur Rehman
ConstituencySaharanpur
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
13 May 2007 – 9 March 2012
Preceded byJagdish Singh Rana
Succeeded byMahaveer Singh Rana
ConstituencyMuzaffarabad
Personal details
Born (1971-04-21) 21 April 1971
Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations		Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party
SpouseSaima Masood
RelationsRasheed Masood
Children5 daughters
ResidenceSaharanpur
EducationHR Inter College Gangoh (High school)

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

In March 2014, a video clip surfaced in which Masood was seen threatening then BJP's Prime-Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi.[1] 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. BJP's Raghav Lakhanpal defeated him in 2014 Lok Sabha election. He contested 2017 assembly election of UP and lost.[2]

On 29 March 2014, he was arrested by for his hate speech against Narendra Modi.[3]

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

On 7 October 2023 Imran Masood again joined Indian National Congress.[4]

Positions held

Elections contested
Year Election Type Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
2006ChairmanNagar Palika Parishad, SaharanpurWon43.60%Harish MalikBJP40.60%[5]
2007MLAMuzaffarabadWon28.14%Jagdish Singh RanaSP25.77%[6]
2012MLANakurLost36.71%Dharam Singh SainiBSP38.59%[7]
2014MPSaharanpurLost34.15%Raghav LakhanpalBJP39.60%[8]
2017MLANakurLost35.51%Dharam Singh SainiBJP37.11%[9]
2019MPSaharanpurLost16.81%Haji Fazlur RehmanBSP41.74%[10]
2024MPSaharanpur Won 44.6% Raghav Lakhanpal BJP 39.3% [11]

References
  1. "Congress candidate Imran Masood threatens to 'chop' Narendra Modi". Economic Times. 28 March 2014.
  2. "Imran Masood as Congress Candidate".
  3. "Imran Masood arrested for his Hate Speech against Narendra Modi". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. 29 March 2014.
  4. "SP और BSP होते हुए फिर Congress में लौटे इमरान मसूद, राहुल के इस करीबी नेता ने दिलाई सदस्यता". Zee News (in Hindi). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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  9. "Election Commission of India".
  10. "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  11. "Saharanpur Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Lok Sabha Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MP, Margin". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
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