After enrolling in Jamia Millia Islamia from Delhi, he earned a diploma in civil engineering.

He served as president of the leftist student organization All India Youth Federation during 1993-94 and joined the Samajwadi Party in 1994.

In 1999, when Mulayam Singh Yadav, then-President of the Samajwadi Party, contested the Lok Ssabha election from Sambhal, Khan played an important role in his campaign and became a close associate.

He was made the district president of the Samajwadi Party unit Moradabad in 2006 and in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, he contested for the from Thakurdwara constituency, where he was defeated.

[3][4] Khan served on the Coordination Committee of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at its 2023 Mumbai convention.