[Letter to Madhu N Mehta]

Summary

Dated 31 March 1968, this letter from Madhu N. Mehta urges a fellow member of the Swatantra Party’s General Council to respond to Minoo Masani’s sudden resignation from the National Executive and Central Parliamentary Board. Mehta argues that the party’s senior members should meet immediately to discuss the situation and take decisions to restore organisational order.

Mehta encloses a proposed letter requesting that N. Dandekar, the party’s General Secretary, call an immediate General Council meeting. The second page contains a largely illegible handwritten note and endorsement, apparently supporting an early meeting, but its full contents cannot be reliably transcribed from the rendered image.

Key points

• The letter is dated 31 March 1968 and is written from Bombay by Madhu N. Mehta.
• Mehta refers to Minoo Masani’s resignation from the Swatantra Party’s National Executive and Central Parliamentary Board.
• The writer says General Council members are unhappy about the sudden development.
• Mehta calls for an immediate meeting of the General Council.
• The proposed meeting is intended both to discuss Masani’s resignation and to restore order within the party.
• Mehta asks the recipient to sign and return an enclosed letter to N. Dandekar, the party’s General Secretary.
• A handwritten note on page 2 appears to endorse an early meeting, but is only partially legible.