[Letter to Mr S V Raju]

Summary

In this letter dated 19 September 1968, M. R. Masani asks S. V. Raju to make specific revisions to a text concerning the Swatantra Party’s handling of the May 1968 Assembly elections. Masani proposes inserting a paragraph stating that the Party’s General Council, at its June meeting in Madras, ordered an inquiry into the various aspects of the election’s conduct.

Key points

• Masani writes to S. V. Raju from Bombay-related correspondence dated 19 September 1968.
• He requests the insertion of a paragraph after the words “Assembly Elections in May 1968”.
• The proposed paragraph records that the Party’s General Council ordered an inquiry at its June meeting in Madras.
• Masani says the Committee of Inquiry’s report is still being prepared and will be keenly awaited.
• He characterizes the inquiry as valuable because it can identify mistakes and help prevent their repetition.
• He also requests deletion of the words “all this” and their replacement with “the state of affairs described above”.