[Best Complments of Dahyabhai V Patel]

Summary

This seven-page English correspondence from August 1969 records an internal dispute at Swarajya-Sandesh and the Swatantra Party. In a letter dated August 27, A. P. Jain alleges that Sharma obstructed the parliamentary office’s work by withholding an office key, mishandling posters and banners intended for an event at the Russian Embassy, retaining envelopes, and creating difficulties over electricity and water connections. Jain presents these incidents as intentional interference and asks Dahyabhai V. Patel to intervene and warn Sharma.

Key points

• A. P. Jain’s August 27 letter alleges repeated obstruction of the Swatantra Party parliamentary office by Sharma.
• The allegations concern an office key, parliamentary materials, posters and banners, envelopes, and office utilities.
• Jain argues that both the parliamentary office and Swarajya-Sandesh serve the party and should cooperate rather than interfere with one another.
• R. K. Sharma ‘Kanwal’ replies on August 28 by categorically denying Jain’s allegations and offering a detailed alternative chronology.
• Sharma claims the banner and book packets were available for collection and says Jain’s letter presents a distorted version of events.
• The reply broadens the dispute into a question of staff treatment, party responsibility, courtesy, and the need for openness in the party’s public work.
• The documents provide a close view of administrative conflict within a Swatantra Party-linked publication office in New Delhi in 1969.