On Tuesday, three out of the five current board members of the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) voted to postpone the trusteeship election for two vacant seats on its board, scheduled to be held on March 14.

The decision, which has been taken in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation, was based on a majority vote of the three out of the current five board members — chairman Armaity Tirandaz, Viraf Mehta (son of ex-BPP Chairman Dinshaw Mehta) and Xerxes Dastur. The other two members — Kersi Randeria and Noshir Dadrawala believe “there is a political reason” for the postponement of the election, and expressed their dissent at the board meeting on Tuesday. Majority of the trustees are expected to move court on Wednesday, although Randeria and Dadrawala said in a joint statement that they “reserve their rights to oppose this decision in court.”