[Letter to Mr S R Tracy]

Summary

This two-page letter, dated March 29, 1976, is issued by the Bharatiya Lok Dal, Bombay, and signed by V. P. Bhatia in his capacity as Executive Secretary. Addressed to the Regional Transport Officer, Bombay, it confirms a conversation held on March 23 concerning vehicles previously purchased by the Swatantra Party and subsequently transferred after its merger into the Bharatiya Lok Dal.

Key points

• The letter confirms an earlier conversation with the Regional Transport Officer on March 23, 1976.
• It supplies details of 25 vehicles purchased by the former Swatantra Party and sent to destinations in several Indian states.
• The listed owners include G. B. Sukhee, V. K. Sinha, V. P. Bhatia, S. V. Raju, Padma Vaswani, and M. R. Masani.
• The vehicles were registered in January 1971 and dispatched from the Mahindra & Mahindra works.
• Registration charges and wheel taxes were collected at the Mahindra & Mahindra factory.
• The letter states that none of the vehicles returned to Bombay because they were sold in the areas to which they were sent.
• The sender asks the Regional Transport Office to correct its records and cancel notices issued against the vehicles.