[Letter to Sham Lal]

Summary

This single-page letter, dated 12 August 1974, is written by Girish Munshi, General Secretary of the Swatantra Party, Maharashtra, to Sham Lal, editor of The Times of India. Munshi thanks Lal for publishing a 2 August editorial that reflected the views of Swatantra Party members who opposed a resolution to dissolve the party at its National Convention.

Key points

• The letter is dated 12 August 1974 and is issued from the Swatantra Party, Maharashtra, in Bombay.
• Girish Munshi identifies himself as General Secretary of the Swatantra Party, Maharashtra.
• Munshi refers to a 2 August editorial in The Times of India.
• The editorial is described as reflecting the views of Swatantra Party members who opposed the party’s dissolution.
• Munshi asks that an accompanying piece be published as soon as possible in the newspaper’s “LETTERS TO THE EDITOR” column.
• The letter documents a contemporaneous effort to place the anti-dissolution position before the newspaper’s readership.