[Letter to S S Mariswamy]

Summary

In this letter dated 13 October 1959, M. R. Masani informs S. S. Mariswamy that he is leaving for Delhi to attend a Select Committee meeting on the Companies Amendment Bill. He thanks Mariswamy for inviting him to the Tiruchi Convention on 8 November but explains that he cannot remain in Madras for the intervening week because of a planned visit to C. Rajagopalachari and a prior commitment to attend the Swatantra Party Convention in Coorg.

The letter records Masani’s overlapping political and organisational commitments during the early period of the Swatantra Party. It is a concise piece of correspondence concerning constitutional and legislative business, party activity, and scheduling; no broader policy argument is developed in the page shown.

Key points

• The letter is dated 13 October 1959 and is signed by M. R. Masani.
• Masani says he is travelling to Delhi to attend the Select Committee meeting on the Companies Amendment Bill.
• He declines an invitation to attend the Tiruchi Convention on 8 November.
• He cites a planned visit to Rajaji and a prior commitment to the Swatantra Party Convention in Coorg.
• The correspondence reflects the party-politics and constitutional setting of the early Swatantra Party.