Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara
Member of Parliament
In office
2013–2008
Preceded byKabir Hossain
Succeeded byAbdul Wadud Dara
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byAbdul Wadud Dara
Succeeded byMansur Rahman
Personal details
Born20 October 1962
Rajshahi District, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Political partyAwami League

Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara is an Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament from Rajshahi-5.

Early

Dara was born on 20 October 1962 in Rajshahi.[1] He has a bachelors and Masters in Science.[1]

Career

Dara was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Rajshahi-5 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League.[2] Dara's supporters stuffed ballot boxes with fakes votes in a January 2009 election for chairman and vice chairman in Rajshahi. Eight of his supporters were arrested by members of Bangladesh Army from the polling station.[3] On 5 February 2013, Dara's supporters rallied through Rajshahi with weapons following an inter-party clash.[4] He filed cases against the Daily Prothom Alo under section 499 and 500 of the Bangladesh Penal Code for allegedly defamatory news stories.[5]

Dara was re-elected on 5 January 2014 from Rajshahi-5 unopposed after the opposition boycotted the election.[6] He is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Food.[7] He failed to receive the Awami League nomination 2018 which went to Mansur Rahman.

In December 2019, Dara was appointed the President of Rajshahi District unit of Awami League.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Md. Abdul Wadud -মোঃ আব্দুল ওয়াদুদ Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". amardesh.com. Amar Desh Online. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "8 supporters of AL MP Dara released on bail". The Daily Star. 24 January 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Police yet to take action". The Daily Star. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Rajshahi court summons Prothom Alo editor, correspondent in cases filed by two AL MPs". New Age. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Ahmed, Taib. "AL closer to majority before voting". archive.newagebd.net. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "PM slams environmentalists' silence on Ghoshiakhali channel". The Daily Star. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Staff Correspondent; Rajshahi (2019-12-09). "Rajshahi AL Council: Leaders chosen through selection to avert discontent". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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