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Member Secretary of the Gono Odhikar Parishad Nurul Haque Nur admitted meeting Israeli citizen Mendi N Safadi in several internal meetings, claimed leaders of a faction of the party.

Faruk Hasan, a joint convener of the platform, made the claim on behalf of Nur’s opposing faction within Gono Odhikar at a press conference at Jatiya Press Club yesterday.

Joint conveners of the party Mia Mashiuzzaman, Saddam Hossain, Zakaria Palash, and joint member secretaries -- Tariq Rahman, Abul Kalam Azad and Abu Saeed were present in the press conference, among others.

“During a meeting held on June 18, the party’s convener Reza Kibria raised several allegations against Nur which included meeting Safadi, receiving personal financial benefits from the party funds and not providing accounts of the expenditure,” said Faruk.

“In view of the complaint, Nur admitted holding a meeting with Safadi in Qatar. However, he refused to disclose the agenda of the meeting,” he added.

The meeting got heated after Nur hurled abusive language towards some elderly members of the party, Faruk added.

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