[Letter to A P Jain]

Summary

This three-page correspondence bundle from July 1970 documents routine coordination within the Swatantra Party. In a 14 July letter to A. P. Jain, M. R. Masani confirms that he plans to travel to Delhi to attend the party’s Executive Committee and General Body meetings, while questioning why party members were being asked to arrive twenty-four hours earlier than indicated in Professor Amin’s letter.

Key points

• M. R. Masani plans to travel to Delhi for the Swatantra Party’s Executive Committee and General Body meetings on 26 July 1970.
• Masani questions the instruction that Parliamentary Party members reach Delhi twenty-four hours earlier than stated in another letter.
• A. P. Jain explains that the meeting dates were circulated on the suggestion of Prof. Ranga.
• Jain refers to Masani’s press conference in Delhi on 29 June 1970 and says its press coverage was extremely good.
• R. K. Amin’s circular asks all Swatantra Members of Parliament to reach Delhi by the afternoon of Saturday, 25 July 1970.
• The circular schedules the Executive meeting for 4:00 p.m. on 26 July in Parliament House, followed by a 5:30 p.m. General Body meeting.
• The General Body is to discuss subjects likely to come before Parliament and respond to decisions taken by the National Executive.