MUMBAI, India: All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) during its annual session held in New Delhi demanded reservation for the sect in different walks of life.

President of the board Maulana Mohammad Atahar while addressing the open session underlined the lack of representation of Shia sect in state assemblies, ministries and important positions of the government.

He urged the government that in case the Sachar Committee recommendations were implemented, a special cell be set up to monitor that the Shias were not ignored.

Through a resolution, the board, appealed to the heads of all Muslim countries to raise their voice against extremism, imposition of religion by force and the killings of innocent people.

In his address to the congregation, chief guest Digvijay Singh, a Congress leader, said he was in full agreement with the points raised about the sect's political representation and promised to pass on their demands to the Union government.