| Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara | |
| Constituency Mp: | Rajshahi-5 |
| Term Start: | 2013 |
| Term End: | 2008 |
| Predecessor: | Kabir Hossain |
| Successor: | Abdul Wadud Dara |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Rajshahi District, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Termend2: | 2019 |
| Termstart2: | 2014 |
| Predecessor2: | Abdul Wadud Dara |
| Successor2: | Mansur Rahman |
| Party: | Awami League |
Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara is an Awami League politician and a former Member of Parliament from Rajshahi-5.
Dara was born on 20 October 1962 in Rajshahi.[1] He has a bachelors and Masters in Science.
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 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.
In December 2019, Dara was appointed the secretary of Rajshahi District unit of Awami League.[9]