Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara

Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara
Dara in 2024
Minister of State for Rural Development and Cooperatives Division
In office
3 March 2024 – 6 August 2024
MinisterMd Tazul Islam
Preceded bySwapan Bhattacharjee
Member of Parliament
for Rajshahi-5
In office
10 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byMansur Rahman
In office
29 December 2008 – 9 January 2014
Preceded byKabir Hossain
Succeeded byMansur Rahman
Personal details
Born (1962-10-20) 20 October 1962 (age 63)
Rajshahi District, East Pakistan, Pakistan
PartyAwami League

Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara is an Awami League politician and a former Minister of State for Rural Development and Cooperatives Division. He was member of parliament from Rajshahi-5.

Early

Dara was born on 20 October 1962 in Rajshahi.[1] He has a bachelor's and master's in science.[1]

Career

Dara was elected to parliament in 2008 from Rajshahi-5 as a candidate of the 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 newspaper 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 elections, citing unfair conditions and demanding a "neutral government" conduct the polls.[6][7] He is the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Food.[8] He failed to receive the Awami League nomination 2018 which went to Mansur Rahman.[citation needed]

In December 2019, Dara was appointed the secretary of Rajshahi District unit of Awami League.[9]

Personal life

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Dara's uncle and Awami League leader was tortured to death in Rajshahi in May 2025.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Md. Abdul Wadud -মোঃ আব্দুল ওয়াদুদ Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. 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. ^ "Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  7. ^ Ahmed, Taib. "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  8. ^ "PM slams environmentalists' silence on Ghoshiakhali channel". The Daily Star. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Rajshahi AL Council: Leaders chosen through selection to avert discontent". The Daily Star. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  10. ^ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (23 May 2025). "রাজশাহীতে আত্মগোপন থেকে বাড়ি ফিরে নির্যাতনের শিকার আওয়ামী লীগ নেতার মৃত্যু". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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