[Letter from Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

Dated March 12, 1965, this one-page letter from Minoo Masani to the editor of the Press Trust of India protests a report published in The Times of India and The Statesman. Masani says the PTI account of the Lok Sabha discussion on the Home Minister’s statement about pro-Peking communists wrongly described Piloo Mody as the Swatantra Party’s Deputy Leader.

Masani supplies the names of the Swatantra Party’s parliamentary office-bearers in both houses, asking that the correction be brought to the attention of those concerned. The letter therefore combines a press-correction request with a concise assertion of the party’s formal parliamentary structure.

Key points

• Minoo Masani wrote to the editor of the Press Trust of India on March 12, 1965.
• He challenges a PTI report carried by The Times of India and The Statesman.
• The disputed report concerns a Lok Sabha discussion of the Home Minister’s statement on pro-Peking communists.
• Masani says Piloo Mody was wrongly described as the Swatantra Party’s Deputy Leader.
• He lists the party’s leaders, deputy leaders, secretaries, and whips in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
• The letter asks the press to correct the error and avoid repeating it.