Charges of malfeasance are being leveled following
the July 1 Bombay Parsi Punchayet trusteeship elections
Farrokh Jijina
Just when one thought the unpleasantness of the election campaign for trusteeship of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) had subsided, two losing candidates have made allegations of financial impropriety and electoral malpractices. World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis chief executive officer (CEO) and noted social worker Anahita Desai, who lost by a margin of 89 votes to chartered accountant Ervad Xerxes Dastur, alleged in an email dated July 16, 2018 to the chairman of the BPP Yazdi Desai (her husband), and his co-trustees that Dastur "has distributed cash directly and indirectly to weaker sections of our community in exchange of......