[4][5] Born in 1953 in Pirthivipur near Hanswar, Uttar Pradesh, Masood Ahmad received a doctorate in history (Ph.D.) from Aligarh Muslim University.
[citation needed] Both impressed with each other, Masood thereafter became a trusted aide of Manyavar Kahsiram and also became the founder member of Bahujan Samajwadi Party.
His party base and cadre stretched from the farms of Western Uttar Pradesh to the villages in Eastern UP to the parched lands of Bundelkhand.
In 2015 he joined the Rashtriya Lok Dal to strengthen Ajit Singh and Jayant Chaudhary in their struggle for the farmers, dalits, obc, Muslim and development cause.
He began a new inning in September 2016 after national president Ajit Singh handed over to him the important responsibility of the state unit chief.