A promised insider view’

At the campaign meeting on his home turf in Godrej Baug on September 27, Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trusteeship candidate Tehmtan Dumasia was supported by the former president of the Godrej Baug Association, Eric Patel. He was sanguine that with Dumasia’s "work and dedication he will do a lot better than the present trustees.”
"Wouldn’t it be better to have a trustee from one’s own colony?” health guru Mickey Mehta who has known Dumasia from their early days at Siddharth College asked the Godrej Baug residents. Describing him as truly hard working,” Mehta mentioned that Dumasia had prior work experience as a tailor. When Dumasia corrected him to describe his job profile as "master cutter,” Mehta summed up the candidate’s transition from "master cutter to master chef.”

Availing of the WAPIZ offer to independent candidates to use the WAPIZ Page and WAPIZ election platform for free, caterer Dumasia who had unsuccessfully contested Punchayet elections in the past briefly told the audience, "I’m a common man like you.” Among his priorities were "maintenance of transparency” which he regretted was absent "unless there is a fight in the BPP and it comes in the newspapers.” Any action/transaction undertaken at the BPP should be made known through the media, he stated.
According to him "the khandhias are doing a very noble job. They should be given better opportunities so that they don’t feel the need to join a union.” If they fall outside the union, the union can’t blackmail us,” he pointed out.
He also recommended a senior citizens home in Bombay or a provision in every colony where the elderly can be looked after as also a crèche where young children can be accommodated when the parents are at work. He believed the community does not need a "Jiyo Parsi” scheme but houses. The Punchayet should give houses to young couples and if "they don’t produce children within three years, unless there is a medical reason, their licence could be revoked.” He promised, "Please make sure you elect me and I’ll come back within six months to give you an insider view.”