[Letter to Narendra Singh Mahida]

Summary

In this letter dated 29 May 1962, M. R. Masani asks Narendra Singh Mahida to correct what Masani describes as an unfortunate impression created by a Statesman article. The article attributes Mahida’s move away from Congress ideology to Congress’s refusal to give his army of Kshatrias an adequate share of tickets, and says that the Swatantra Party subsequently made him secretary of its parliamentary group.

Key points

• Masani writes to Narendra Singh Mahida on 29 May 1962.
• He refers to a 22 May article in The Statesman titled “News in Parliament.”
• The article describes Mahida’s political conversion from Congress ideology to opposition of the Congress.
• The article attributes this change to Congress’s alleged failure to provide Mahida’s army of Kshatrias an adequate share of election tickets.
• It states that the Swatantra Party made Mahida secretary of its parliamentary group.
• Masani urges Mahida either to correct the article or ask the correspondent to do so.