letter
Letter to Mr Minoo Masani
NEW DELHI-1 · 1963
1 pages
Summary
This single-page letter, dated June 10, 1963, was sent from the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office by A. P. Jain to M. R. Masani. Jain encloses press comments on the Rajkot elections and Dr. Rammanohar Lohia’s interview in Blitz, drawing particular attention to Lohia’s account of a parliamentary dispute over Hindi and English. The letter presents Lohia as seeking cooperation with opposition parties despite their differing political programmes.
Key points
- A. P. Jain forwards press comments concerning the Rajkot elections and Lohia’s interview in Blitz.
- The letter highlights Lohia’s claim that most Swatantra Party members favoured Hindi.
- It recounts an interruption of Prof. Ranga during a Lok Sabha discussion on continuing the use of English.
- Jain says Shri Yashpal Singh’s intervention was censured by the press.
- The postscript cites Indira Gandhi’s remarks about the Rajkot defeat and asks whether the remarks can be publicised in the Swatantra Party’s favour.
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