[Letter from Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This one-page express telegram, dated 4 August 1962, records Minoo Masani’s advice to His Highness P. K. Deo of Kalahandi concerning a proposed meeting involving Swatantra Party members. Masani describes the initiative as a response to a letter from “Bishop Chandra” and a proposal to form a larger Lok Sabha bloc.

Key points

• The document is an internal Swatantra Party political communication dated 4 August 1962.
• Masani refers to a letter from a person identified in the text as “Bishop Chandra.”
• The proposed meeting would include Swatantra Party members and discuss forming a larger Lok Sabha bloc.
• Masani recommends calling a private meeting of Swatantra Party members first.
• He suggests that the party should not participate in the proposed meeting.
• He instead recommends stating the party’s position in a written reply, following the lines of a prior party minority-board decision in Madras.