[Letter from Dahyabhai Vallabhbhai Patel]

Summary

This one-page letter, dated 17 April 1962 and written on Dahyabhai Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bombay letterhead, concerns an impending Vice-Presidential Election. Patel says that the Congress Whip in the Rajya Sabha has drawn his attention to a newspaper report stating that a candidate has received support from the Congress Party.

Key points

• The letter discusses a reported party endorsement in a Vice-Presidential Election.
• Patel refers to a decision taken at Bombay to keep the party out of the contest.
• He urges the recipient to advise the party to withdraw its nomination.
• He also asks that the candidate be persuaded to withdraw.
• The document is a one-page typed office letter with handwritten annotations and a handwritten signature.