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Faruk, Rashid dig at each other

By Staff Correspondent
Conflict over leadership has virtually divided the Freedom Party into two factions one led by Cot ( retd) Syed Faruk Rahman and the other by Col Tretd) Khandakar Abdur Rashid.
The split in the party became evident yesterday when each claimed his faction represented the party's mainstream and accused each other of attempting to capture the party's top position without any authority.
However, both the leaders denied having had any rift in the party structure.
PartyChairman Faruk.
challenged Rashids authority of doing anything under the
banner of Freedom Party since what he said the latter was nobody of the party.
. On the contrary, Rashid, while addressing a news conference at a city hotel, blamed Faruk for not believing In democracy.
Replying to a reporter, Rashid commented, " His ( Faruk's) absence in the press conference doesn't matter at all." The conference was organised at Hotel Sundarban to announce the unification of the Progottsheel' Ganatantrik Shakti (Progosh) with the FP.
The unification is part of the TVs effort, to unit all the nationalist parties of the country. Rashid told the newsmen.
Unity of all nationalist parties including-the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jatiya Party and Freedom Party can only ensure national development and help foil intrigues being hatched by certain quarters against the national integrity, Rashid said.
Col ( retd) Shahricr Rashid Khan of Progosh and Choudhury Mohammad Faruk also spoke on the occasion.
The however parried a direct answer to a question that FP had split as a result of the continued dispute between himself and the party chief and said. We will go ahead with those who have faith in democracy. We are yet to face any conflict.'
Reacting to Faruks press statement Issued Thursday night. Rashid said. ' it is undemocratic. As co-Chairman of the party. I also enloy the equal power as Faruk docs'.
Faruk In his Thursday statement said Rashid was not in any position of the party to Issue any statement or do any act. Such activities would be deemed as lit* personal affairs, not of the FP. he added.
Faruk when reached by phone told The Daily Star last night that Rashid-Huda axis
hadtccamc desperate to capture the party leadership and utilise it to their selfish ends.
'Rashid , accompanied by some hired hoodlums and touts is conspiring to sell-out the party', Faruk alleged adding 'Rashid's becoming the self-styled leader was only to collect polftical tolls both at home and abroad.'
After.the August council of the party, Faruk pointed out, Rashid was not in any post arid was not authorised to run party activities.
'He (Rashid) has been putting pressure upon me to quit the party leadership since he was dropped from the post of co-Chairman. He was 'offered the post of Vice-Chairman which he did not accept', Faruk added.
Faruk claimed that all the grassroots level workers of the party were still working under his leadership.