{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Distinguish|Imran Masood (Pakistani politician)}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Imran Masood | image = File:Imran Masood.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|04|21}} | birth_place = Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India | 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 | term_end = | predecessor = Haji Fazlur Rehman | successor = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | party = Indian National Congress<ref name="Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Imran Masood returns to Congress after SP, BSP stint, party says ‘ghar wapsi’">{{cite news |last1=Financialexpress |title=Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Imran Masood returns to Congress after SP, BSP stint, party says 'ghar wapsi' |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/imran-masood-returns-to-congress-after-sp-bsp-stint-party-says-ghar-wapsi/3265914/ |access-date=29 September 2024 |date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929171136/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/imran-masood-returns-to-congress-after-sp-bsp-stint-party-says-ghar-wapsi/3265914/ |archive-date=29 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> | spouse = Saima Masood | children = 5 daughters | Relative = | website = | footnotes = | relations = Rasheed Masood | other_party = Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party<ref name="BSP expels former MLA Imran Masood for alleged anti-party activities">{{cite news |last1=The Economic Times |title=BSP expels former MLA Imran Masood for alleged anti-party activities |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bsp-expels-former-mla-imran-masood-for-alleged-anti-party-activities/articleshow/103175684.cms?from=mdr |access-date=29 September 2024 |date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929170534/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bsp-expels-former-mla-imran-masood-for-alleged-anti-party-activities/articleshow/103175684.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=29 September 2024}}</ref> | constituency = Saharanpur | education = HR Inter College Gangoh (High school) }}
'''Imran Masood''' (born 21 April 1971; {{IPA|hi|ɪmɾaːn̪ məsuːd̪}}) 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.<ref name="ref-37638699">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-candidate-imran-masood-threatens-to-chop-narendra-modi/articleshow/32834234.cms|title=Congress candidate Imran Masood threatens to 'chop' Narendra Modi|newspaper=Economic Times|date=28 March 2014}}</ref> In the video clip, Masood was allegedly threatening to "chop" Modi "into pieces."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-03-29 |title=Congress candidate Imran Masood arrested for 'chop Modi into pieces' remark |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-candidate-imran-masood-arrested-for-chop-modi-into-pieces-remark/articleshow/32888746.cms |access-date=2024-07-11 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> 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.<ref name="bp">{{cite web |date=29 March 2014 |title=Imran Masood arrested for his Hate Speech against Narendra Modi |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/imran-masood-arrested-for-his-hate-speech-against-narendra-modi/ |work=IANS |publisher=news.biharprabha.com}}</ref> Later on, he was defeated by BJP candidate Raghav Lakhanpal.
He contested 2017 assembly election of UP and lost.<ref>{{cite news|title=Imran Masood as Congress Candidate|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-up-elections-2017-cong-candidate-list-includes-imran-masood-who-threatened-to-chop-up-pm-modi-2295187}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SP और BSP होते हुए फिर Congress में लौटे इमरान मसूद, राहुल के इस करीबी नेता ने दिलाई सदस्यता |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/up-politics/bsp-leader-imran-masood-back-to-congress-give-signal-to-contest-election-from-saharanpur/1904291 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Zee News |language=hi}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-05 |title=Saharanpur election results 2024: Cong's Imran Masood wins |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/saharanpur-election-results-2024-uttar-pradesh-saharanpur-lok-sabha-elections-poll-result-updates-imran-masood-cong-majid-ali-bsp-raghav-lakhanpal-bjp/articleshow/110673570.cms |access-date=2024-07-11 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
=== 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)<ref name="Party changers {{!}} Shifting hues2">{{cite news |date=13 July 2024 |title=Party changers {{!}} Shifting hues |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-party-changers-shifting-hues-2565842-2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302190555/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-party-changers-shifting-hues-2565842-2024-07-13 |archive-date=2 March 2025 |access-date=22 March 2025 |publisher=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
==Elections contested==
{|class="wikitable" |- !width=50|Year !width=80|Election Type !width=150|Constituency !width=70|Result !width=70|Vote percentage !width=150|Opposition Candidate !width=70|Opposition Party !width=70|Opposition vote percentage !width=25|Ref |- |2006|| Chairman ||Nagar Palika Parishad, Saharanpur ||{{Won}}|| 43.60% || Harish Malik ||BJP|| 40.60% || <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=230&cid=403 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224514/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=230&cid=403 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=3 December 2017 | title=Election Result }}</ref> |- |2007|| MLA ||Muzaffarabad ||{{Won}}|| 28.14% || Jagdish Singh Rana ||SP||25.77% || <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=230&cid=403 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224514/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=230&cid=403 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=3 December 2017 | title=Election Result }}</ref> |- |2012||MLA || Nakur ||{{Lost}}|| 36.71% || Dharam Singh Saini || BSP ||38.59% || <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=754&cid=2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203194035/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=754&cid=2 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=3 December 2017 | title=Election Result }}</ref> |- |2014|| MP || Saharanpur ||{{Lost}}|| 34.15% || Raghav Lakhanpal ||BJP||39.60% || <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=994&cid=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203194043/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/Pconstituency.aspx?eid=994&cid=1 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=3 December 2017 | title=Election Result }}</ref> |- |2017||MLA || Nakur ||{{Lost}}|| 35.51% || Dharam Singh Saini ||BJP|| 37.11%|| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS242.htm?ac=2|title=Election Commission of India|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-date=10 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610140627/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS242.htm?ac=2|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2019|| MP || Saharanpur ||{{Lost}}|| 16.81% || Haji Fazlur Rehman ||BSP||41.74% || <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS241.htm?ac=1 |title=General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525051527/http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS241.htm?ac=1 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |2024|| MP || Saharanpur |{{Won}} |44.6% |Raghav Lakhanpal |BJP |39.3% |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Saharanpur Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Lok Sabha Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MP, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/saharanpur-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-counting-of-votes-on-8917245.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{18th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|state=expanded}}
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