[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This one-page letter, dated 11 March 1971, was written by Dr. M. P. Verma of the Swatantra Party’s Palamu District Branch to M. R. Masani, chairman of the Swatantra Party. Verma expresses shock at the result of a mid-term election, noting that the news placed him in an “illimitable grief” and that Rajkot voters had “put such personality in side-track.”

Key points

• The letter is dated 11 March 1971 and is written from the Swatantra Party’s Palamu District Branch.
• Dr. M. P. Verma addresses M. R. Masani as chairman of the Swatantra Party.
• Verma says he was thunder-struck by the election news heard on the radio.
• He describes the result as a source of intense grief and expresses surprise at the rejection of a prominent personality in Rajkot.
• He urges that the damaging result of the mid-term poll be considered seriously.