Gonoforum finally suffered a split as a group of its leaders formed a 157-member new committee of the party on Friday through a council dropping its founder president Dr Kamal Hossain. Party’s former general secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu and its ex-executive President Subrata Chowdury were made president and general secretary respectively of the faction at its sixth national council held at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. Former party executive president Prof Abu Sayeed announced the names of the 157-member new committee of the faction after an organisational meeting at the council. He said the new committee was formed based on the opinions of the councillors. Neither Dr Kamal Hossain nor those who are loyal to him has been included in the committee of the faction. Read: Govt has to take responsibility if Khaleda faces bad fate: BNP Of the 157-member committee, there are a seven-member executive body and a 20-member presidium. The seven executive committee members are Mostafa Mohsin Montu, Prof Abu Sayeed, Subrata Chowdhury, Jaglul Haider Afrik, Mohsin Rashid, Mohiuddin Abdul Kader and Ayub Khan Farroque.