Hyderabad, May 1 -- The Telangana Waqf Board on Thursday, April 30, submitted a letter to the Principal Secretary of the Minorities Welfare Department asking for a permanent arrangement of an elephant for the Muharram procession in the state.

The Waqf Board suggested that since the state government is facing difficulties in procuring a trained elephant for the Muharram, Gyavri Shareef and Bonalu processions every year, it should consider procuring it from Karnataka or Kerala, either by buying it or by asking the neighbouring states to gift it to Telangana.

Moreover, the Waqf Board had sent a letter to the state government on July 8 last year, requesting the Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) to write to their counterparts in Karnata...