| Office | Ex AICC Secretary In-charge of Delhi |
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| Office | Ex MLA
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| Term start | Template:Start date
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| Constituency | Saharanpur
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| Born | 1971-04-21 (age 55) |
| Born | Gangoh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse | Saima Masood |
| Children | 5 daughters
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| Website | Template:Official website |
Imran Masood (born 21 April 1971) is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chairman of Saharanpur's Municipal Council and MLA from Muzzafarabad seat (now Behat Seat) in Saharanpur District in the UP state assembly. He was a vice president of Indian National Congress, Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of Advisory council in Uttar Pradesh Congress. At present he is National secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Political career
He contested lok sabha election and secured 4.10 lakh votes. In March 2014, a video clip surfaced in which Masood was seen threatening the 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 2014.He was contested for 2017 assembly election of UP and lost.[2]
On 29 March 2014, he was arrested by Police for his Hate Speech against Narendra Modi.[3]
In the 2017 UP Vidhan Sabha elections Imran Masood fought from the Nakur Constituency. Even though he was the only Muslim and a coalition candidate he still lost to Dr. Dharam Singh Saini of BJP.
- Condidate India national Congress MP Seat Saharanpur yogi call Hate speech [4]
Post Held
- Chairman - Nagar Palika Parishad, Saharanpur (2006–07)
- MLA - Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2007–12)
- Member - Privilege committee of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2008–09)
- Vice president of uttar pradesh in indian national 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-at present)
Elections Contested
| Year | Election Type | Constituency | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | MLA | Muzaffarabad | Template:Won | 28.14% | Jagdish Singh Rana | SP | 25.77% | [5] |
| 2012 | MLA | Nakur | Template:Lost | 36.71% | Dharam Singh Saini | BSP | 38.59% | [6] |
| 2014 | MP | Saharanpur | Template:Lost | 34.15% | Raghav Lakhanpal | BJP | 39.60% | [7] |
| 2017 | MLA | Nakur | Template:Lost | 35.51% | Dharam Singh Saini | BJP | 37.11% | [8] |
| 2019 | MP | Saharanpur | Template:Lost | 16.81% | Haji Fazlur Rehman | BSP | 41.74% | [9] |
Criminal Cases
Template:BLP unsourced section Imran Masood has the following criminal cases pending against him:
1). 295, 153A Sec. 125 People R Act, Sec. 1(10) SC.ST Act, Crime no.230/14 Police Station Deoband, Saharanpur, Court taking Cognizance - ACJM Deoband, Cognizance date-03-07-14
2). Sec.3/4 PMLA Act, Parivaad no.1/13, Court taking Cognizance - District Court Lucknow, Cognizance date 04-05-2013, Court which charges framed- District Sessions Court Lucknow, Charges framed date 27-07-15
References
- ↑ Congress candidate Imran Masood threatens to 'chop' Narendra Modi. Economic Times(28 March 2014).
- ↑ Imran Masood as Congress Candidate.
- ↑ Imran Masood arrested for his Hate Speech against Narendra Modi. news.biharprabha.com(29 March 2014).
- ↑ Yogi Adityanath calls Congress candidate Imran Masood son-in-law of JeM terrorist Masood Azhar(25 March 2019).
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ Election Commission of India.
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
4.http://www.ummid.com/news/2017/March/11.03.2017/imran-masood-loses-nakur-seat-by-3500-votes.html 5.http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=1085