[Letter to Jagat Kishore Parsad Narain Singh]

Summary

This two-page correspondence file contains two letters signed by M. R. Masani in August 1962. In the letter dated 16 August, Masani forwards Jagat Kishore Prasad Narain Singh a resolution unanimously adopted at a joint meeting of the Organisation Sub-Committee and Parliamentary Board in Madras on 21–22 July. He asks Singh to arrange for N. Baksi, the new General Secretary of the Bihar unit, to assume charge of the party office and convene the new Executive Committee, while appealing to Singh to support the party’s reorganisation.

Key points

• Masani forwards a unanimously adopted party resolution from a joint meeting held in Madras on 21–22 July 1962.
• He asks Jagat Kishore Prasad Narain Singh to facilitate N. Baksi’s assumption of office as General Secretary of the Bihar unit.
• The first letter calls for an early meeting of the Bihar unit’s new Executive Committee.
• Masani appeals for Singh’s fullest cooperation in reorganising the party on what he calls sound lines.
• In the 17 August letter to C. Rajagopalachari, Masani reports that K. M. Munshi has accepted the position expressed in the Madras resolution.
• Masani acknowledges that his telegram and handling of the episode caused Rajagopalachari personal distress, while defending the precautions he took regarding the party’s future.
• The second letter states that Masani planned to arrange a release for 30 August rather than 25 August, as Rajagopalachari had suggested.