[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This two-page English correspondence bundle, dated or attributable to 1964, contains two separate communications addressed to M. R. Masani. In the first, Kapur Singh reports an Executive Committee decision concerning proposed constitutional amendments intended to counteract or modify a Supreme Court opinion. He states that the Party opposes such amendments but has permitted Sardar Kapur Singh to follow his conscience when speaking in the Lok Sabha. The letter also rebukes Masani’s wording about absent colleagues and defends the standards of political integrity and party discipline.

Key points

• Kapur Singh’s letter records an Executive Committee decision on constitutional amendments concerning a Supreme Court opinion.
• The Party is described as opposed to amendments that would counteract or modify the Court’s opinion.
• Sardar Kapur Singh is permitted to speak in the Lok Sabha according to his conscience.
• Kapur Singh criticises Masani’s reference to colleagues’ absence and use of the word “trust.”
• The confidential memorandum concerns a proposed salary increase for Jain and the financial constraints of the Central Office.
• S. V. Raju suggests raising Jain’s increment through donor remittances to party organisers rather than through the Parliamentary Group’s formal arrangements.