Imran Masood

Imran Masood
Ex MLA
Constituency Saharanpur
Personal details
Born Gangoh
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Saima Masood
Relations Rashid Masood
Children 5 daughters
Residence Saharanpur
Website Official website

Imran Masood is an Indian politician . He has served as the Chairman of Saharanpur's Municipal Council and MLA in the UP state assembly.

Political career

He contested lok sabha election and secured 4.10 lack 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.

Elections Contested

Year Election Type Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
2007MLAMuzaffarabadWon28.14%Jagdish Singh RanaSP25.77%[4]
2012MLANakurLost36.71%Dharam Singh SainiBSP38.59%[5]
2014MPSaharanpurLost34.15%Raghav LakhanpalBJP39.60%[6]
2017MLANakurLost35.51%Dharam Singh SainiBJP37.11%[7]

Criminal Cases

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 http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=1085

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.
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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
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