[For Favour of Publication]

Summary

This one-page English office publication note, dated February 15, 1968, reproduces a telegram sent by several Members of Parliament to Dharam Vira, Governor of West Bengal. The signatories express distress at the manner in which Vira, described as the representative of the President of the Republic, was treated in the Bengal Assembly the previous day.

Key points

• The document is a press-publication note from Parliament House, New Delhi, dated February 15, 1968.
• It reproduces a collective telegram addressed to Dharam Vira, Governor of West Bengal.
• The telegram condemns the treatment of Vira in the Bengal Assembly.
• The signatories praise Vira’s courage and steadfastness in defending democratic processes.
• The message frames the incident as a ruthless attempt to subvert democratic processes.
• M.R. Masani signs the document, which is marked both “For favour of publication” and “Not to for publication.”