Pratapgarhi is known for his protest poetry that particularises the Muslim experience and identity in India and other parts of the world; he is especially known for his Urdu nazms "Madrasa" and "Han Main Kashmir Hoon.

[2] Pratapgarhi was appointed chairman of the Minority Department of the All India Congress Committee on 3 June 2021.

[1] Apart from Madarsa, his other writings include Filisteen, Najeeb, and Umar out of over 100 Nazms written by him.

[1] A critic of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Pratapgarhi joined the Indian National Congress and contested in 2019 Indian general election from Moradabad, where he lost to S. T. Hasan of Samajwadi Party with a margin of more than half a million votes (590,218 votes).

[3] In June 2022, Pratapgarhi was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra on Indian National Congress nomination.