[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This one-page English letter, issued on February 19, 1963, from the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office in New Delhi, is signed by A.P. Jain and addressed to M.R. Masani. Jain forwards a copy of the minutes of that morning’s Parliamentary Group meeting and draws attention to amendments submitted jointly with the PSP, Socialists, and Jan Sangh, as well as independently by the Swatantra Party.

The letter records that two suggestions made the previous night were incorporated into the amendments: “emergency” was replaced by “national crisis,” and “friendly countries” by “friendly democratic countries.” It also notes that the PSP and other participating parties raised no objection to these changes. The enclosed minutes themselves are not part of the rendered document.

Key points

• The document is a formal Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office letter dated February 19, 1963.
• A.P. Jain sends M.R. Masani a copy of the minutes of a Parliamentary Group meeting held that morning.
• The letter refers to amendments submitted jointly with the PSP, Socialists, and Jan Sangh.
• The Swatantra Party also submitted amendments independently.
• Two suggested wording changes were incorporated: “emergency” became “national crisis,” and “friendly countries” became “friendly democratic countries.”
• The letter states that the PSP and other participating parties did not object to the wording changes.
• The enclosed meeting minutes are referred to but are not included in the rendered page.