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 is currently working as a working president of uttar pradesh Congress Committee.
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).He is working as a working state president of uttar pradesh Congress Committee
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. In the video clip, Masood was allegedly threatening to "chop" Modi "into pieces." 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. Later on, he was defeated by BJP candidate Raghav Lakhanpal.
He contested 2017 assembly election of UP and lost.
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. 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.
Positions held Chairman - Nagar Palika Parishad, Saharanpur (2006–2007) MLA - Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2007–2012) Member - Privilege committee of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2008–2009) Vice president of Uttar Pradesh Congress (2019-2020) Member of advisory council in Uttar Pradesh Congress (2020-2021) National secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) and secretary of Delhi (2021-2022) Member of Parliament (Saharanpur) (2024–present) Working President of Uttar pradesh Congress Committee ( 2026- Present)
Elections contested
YearElection TypeConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentageRef2006 Chairman Nagar Palika Parishad, Saharanpur 43.60% Harish Malik BJP 40.60% 2007 MLA Muzaffarabad 28.14% Jagdish Singh Rana SP25.77% 2012MLA Nakur 36.71% Dharam Singh Saini BSP 38.59% 2014 MP Saharanpur 34.15% Raghav Lakhanpal BJP39.60% 2017MLA Nakur 35.51% Dharam Singh Saini BJP 37.11% 2019 MP Saharanpur 16.81% Haji Fazlur Rehman BSP41.74% 2024 MP Saharanpur44.6%Raghav LakhanpalBJP39.3%
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