[Letter to V P Bhatia]

Summary

Dated August 23, 1974, this typed letter from Girish Munsht, identified as General Secretary of the Swatantra Party, Maharashtra, is addressed to V. P. Bhatia, Executive Secretary of the party’s National Headquarters. It states that the Swatantra Party at the centre is expected to cease to exist from August 29, 1974, and explains that the Maharashtra unit’s office space had been provided solely for the party’s national work.

The letter asks Bhatia to confirm by August 26 that the national office will surrender the allocated premises, while noting that the Maharashtra unit would permit continued occupation if the central organisation decided to continue. The attached second and third PDF pages are fragments of a postal insurance receipt or related postal notice, with handwritten markings; they do not add substantive information about the party’s affairs.

Key points

• The letter is dated August 23, 1974 and was issued on Swatantra Party, Maharashtra letterhead.
• It refers to the expected cessation of the Swatantra Party at the centre on August 29, 1974.
• The Maharashtra unit had provided office space for the National Headquarters to support the party’s work.
• The recipient is asked to confirm by August 26 that the premises will be handed back.
• The letter states that the space should not be used by anyone unconnected with the Maharashtra Swatantra Party.
• The Maharashtra unit offers to let the National Headquarters continue occupying the premises if the central party continues to exist.
• Pages 2 and 3 consist of attached postal receipt fragments rather than further correspondence.