Category: BPP Elections

The below is an Op-Ed by Mickie Sorabjee, regular contributor to Parsi Khabar and a good friend and well-wisher of the website. The moving hand writes and having written, moves on. The Fravashis of our visionary philanthropic forefathers have willed that the juggernaut of unprofessional conduct be brought to standstill and the house of BPP… Continue reading BPP Bypolls In the Aftermath: An Overview

Muncherji Cama, the managing director of Asia’s oldest newspaper ‘Bombay Samachar’ has won the fiercely contested elections to choose a trustee in the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP). By Manoj R Nair | DNA India The election to the vacant seat in the seven-member trust was seen as a fight between the reformist and orthodox sections.… Continue reading Mumbai Samachar MD wins Parsi elections

Muncherji Cama has been elected in the Bombay Parsi Punchayat bypolls to fill the seat left vacant on the resignation of one trustee. This result has been reported in various forums. At the end of the six-week voting exercise, Vispi Wadia writes on Facebook: It was a long & gruelling campaign spread over six weeks.… Continue reading Muncherji Cama Wins BPP Bypolls

Universal adult franchise may seem a grand term to attach to 8,000 voters. But apply this figure to the diminutive Parsi community, and it looks significant. Over the past two weeks, Parsis have been coming out to elect a new member to one of their richest charitable trusts, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP). Election expenses… Continue reading High stakes at an ill-tempered Parsi election

UPDATE 02: Find below an email from Viraf Mehta, son of Trustee Dinshaw Mehta, giving a detailed account of what transpired. It also contains the scans of the NC filed with the Byculla Police Station in the aftermath of the incident. And the letter subsequently requesting the withdrawl of the same NC. This adds a… Continue reading Violence at Election Time: Unbecoming of a Parsi

It is with regret that I have to mention that the BPP is heading in the wrong direction. I say this after I read articles in Free Press and Jame Jamshed proposing Anahita Desai for BPP Trusteeship by Homi Ranina. Op-Ed by Arzan J Ghadially Ranina has proposed even when no one has asked him… Continue reading BPP Candidature: Advocacy over Meritocracy

The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) elections always seem to have some talking point. And this time, it is a letter one rival group is using to bring down the other. By Ashutosh Shukla | DNA India The letter is written by former vice chancellor, University of Mumbai, Dr Mehroo D Bengalee who is a also… Continue reading Dr. Mehroo Bengalee Cries Foul Over Endorsing Candidate for BPP Elections