[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This one-page English letter, written by Ratibhai Patel from the Swatantra Party’s Rajkot District Office to Minoo Masani on 29 April 1968, acknowledges instructions conveyed by telegram from New Delhi. Patel reports that he is forwarding two press cuttings, from Gujarat Samachar (dated 24 April 1968) and Jansatta (dated 23 April 1968).

Key points

• The letter is dated 29 April 1968 and was sent from the Swatantra Party’s Rajkot District Office.
• Ratibhai Patel addresses Minoo Masani as “My dear Masani.”
• Patel says he is responding to instructions received by telegram from New Delhi.
• The letter encloses two press cuttings.
• The cuttings are identified as Gujarat Samachar, dated 24 April 1968, and Jansatta, dated 23 April 1968.
• The cuttings concern Bajpayee’s counter-statement, which Patel says contradicts Pravinchink Solanki.