[1] A central member of Nepali Congress, Saud previously served as the Minister of Irrigation from 25 February 2014 to 11 October 2015 in Sushil Koirala's cabinet.

[2][3][4][5] He is a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 2, having won the seat in the 2022 general election.

[6] First elelcted to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Kanchanpur 1 in the 1999 general election, Saud served as the Minister of State for Education and Sports from 1999 to 2001.

[2] He opted to switch seat to Kanchapur 2 in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, but was defeated by CPN (Maoist)'s Devi Lal Chaudhary.

[2][9] Saud won the seat back in 2022, defeating the sitting member, Nar Bahadur Dhami of CPN (UML).