The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mir Firasat Ali Bagheri, affirmed his protection of the endowment funds of the Shias of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) and the giving of independent authority to the Shia Endowment Council by forming a committee and a separate council for the people of the Shia community in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Bagheri said in a statement to ‘The Hans India’ newspaper, followed by Shia News Agency that he will, “work to protect the endowment funds of the Shias in India and give independent authority to the Shia Endowment Council.”
He pointed to “the existence of a separate endowment council for Shias in Uttar Pradesh since (1963) and in Bihar since (1989).”
Bagheri explained that “the government will work to form a separate endowment council for Shia Muslims after holding general assembly elections in Telangana.”
