[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

In this two-page letter dated 9 July 1964, Prof. N. G. Ranga thanks Minoo Masani for his advice to the Swatantra Party’s Andhra working committee and workers, including guidance on defending the party’s Kashmir policy with reference to the available facts. Ranga cautions against promising sitting MPs and MLAs that they will be renominated before the middle of 1966, arguing that premature assurances could create internal dissent and disrupt the party’s legislative and parliamentary leadership.

Key points

• Ranga endorses Masani’s advice to the Andhra working committee and workers.
• He supports preparing party workers to defend the Swatantra Party’s Kashmir policy in public debate.
• He warns against giving sitting MPs and MLAs premature assurances about renomination.
• He proposes two brochures documenting the party’s fight against the 17th Amendment and related parliamentary campaigns.
• He recommends asking lawyers to draft an amendment to the Representation of Peoples Act concerning allocation of party symbols.
• He coordinates meetings in Calcutta with the Swatantra Forum, rural workers, and the Indian Council of World Affairs.