[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This 29 September 1959 letter from Kamakhya Narain Singh of Ramgarh House, Patna, is addressed to M. R. Masani and encloses material from Singh’s 26 September press conference, including a press statement and answers to journalists’ questions. The surviving letter itself is brief and procedural: Singh asks Masani to read the enclosed material and offer comments.

Key points

• Singh reports that he addressed a press conference on 26 September 1959.
• He says he issued a statement to the press and answered questions put by journalists.
• The letter encloses a copy of that material for M. R. Masani’s perusal and comments.
• Attached newspaper clippings identify Singh as Raj Bahadur Kamakhya Narain Singh of Ramgarh.
• The clippings discuss the Swatantra Party, its convention in Patna, electoral prospects, and the possibility of Singh forming a ministry in Bihar.
• The attached political material criticises Congress economic policy, state control, restrictions on inter-State trade, and centralised planning.
• The clippings also present arguments for competitive enterprise, private ownership, agricultural production, and freer movement of food grains.