one reason of the splits was mostly that a former president did not accept his loss in the elections, which are regularly held in the ārya samāj and started a new organization. another reason was that the arya pratinidhi sabha of trinidad had the policy to expel "pandit"s who had committed adultery. often these "pandit"s joined with the opponents of the board and were willing to continue their services in the new organization. the splits were, however, bad for the development of the ārya samāj in trinidad and they are, according to richard huntington forbes, one of the reasons that the number of ārya samājīs in trinidad gradually has diminished.