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.

"[4] 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.

[6] In the 2017 UP Vidhan Sabha elections Imran Masood fought from the Nakur Constituency.

[7] He was subsequently named the party's candidate from Saharanpur for the 2024 Indian general election.