Rasheed Masood was an Indian politician who was a 9 time MP, 5 time Lok Sabha and 4 time Rajya Sabha member and was an Indian politician, a member of the Indian National Congress party and a member of the Lok Sabha representing Saharanpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
14 Facts About Rasheed Masood
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Rasheed Masood was known to be a one of successful politicians of Uttar Pradesh.
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Rasheed Masood was a state health minister and he was the United National Progressive Alliance candidate for the vice-president in the 10 August 2007 election and placed third with 75 votes.
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Rasheed Masood was general secretary of Bharatiya Lok Dal between 1975 and 1977.
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Rasheed Masood was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha for the first time on a Janata Party ticket in the post-emergency polls in 1977.
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Rasheed Masood went on to become the treasurer of the Janata Parliamentary Party between 1979 and 1980.
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Rasheed Masood was the member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986 to '89.
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Rasheed Masood was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009.
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Rasheed Masood was elected as the special member of CWC.
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Rasheed Masood became the chairman of APEDA on 4 April 2013 for a term of 3 years.
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On 5 October 2020, Rasheed Masood died from complications of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
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Rasheed Masood was held guilty of fraudulently nominating undeserving candidates to MBBS seats allotted to Tripura in medical colleges across the country from the central pool.
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On 1 October 2013, Rasheed Masood was sentenced to four years in jail.
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Rasheed Masood was serving as a member of parliament, representing the Congress Party, to the upper house of the Indian parliament when the verdict was pronounced and his membership stripped.