[Letter to VT Sreenivasan]

Summary

This two-page English office correspondence dated February 18, 1975, consists of a brief letter from M.R. Masani to V.T. Sreenivasan followed by an enclosed memo from S.V. Raju. Masani announces that he will be in Bangalore on February 22–23 for a Voltas managers’ training course and suggests meeting at the Ashoka Hotel.

Raju’s enclosed memo shifts to Swatantra Party politics and the Bangalore Education Trust. It alleges that the Trust, originally created to support the Swatantra Party, is now funnelling funds to the Mysore BLD while overruling its two trustees, V.T. Sreenivasan and B.V. Narayana Reddy. Raju asks Masani to address the matter in Bangalore, initially by speaking with Sreenivasan, and warns that the Trust’s purpose will otherwise be defeated. The document records a specific internal political and financial dispute; it does not provide further background on the Trust, the BLD, or the individuals named.

Key points

• Masani writes to V.T. Sreenivasan on February 18, 1975, announcing a planned visit to Bangalore.
• The visit is connected with a Voltas Managers’ Training Course scheduled for February 22–23.
• Masani proposes meeting Sreenivasan at the Ashoka Hotel.
• An enclosed memo from S.V. Raju asks Masani to address an alleged Bangalore Education Trust funding dispute.
• The memo says the Trust was created to help the Swatantra Party but is now funnelling funds to the Mysore BLD.
• Raju identifies V.T. Sreenivasan and B.V. Narayana Reddy as the Trust’s two trustees, whom he says are being overruled.
• Raju urges Masani to speak first with Sreenivasan and argues that the Trust’s purpose will otherwise be defeated.