letter
Conference of National Democratic Parties.
Patna (Bihar) · 1968
2 pages
Summary
This two-page English letter, issued from the Bharatiya Kranti Dal in Patna and signed by its president Mahamaya Prasad Sinha, invites Minoo Masani to participate in a proposed Conference of National Democratic Parties. The letter proposes bringing together parties and individuals committed to nationalism, secularism, and democratic socialism, presenting these principles as essential to India’s security, integrity, and democratic life.
Key points
- The letter proposes a preliminary conference of national democratic parties and politically aligned individuals.
- It identifies nationalism, secularism, and democratic socialism as guiding principles for the proposed gathering.
- It describes India as facing an unprecedented and worsening crisis, including unstable state governments and economic deterioration.
- It condemns partisan political manoeuvring over vital national interests.
- It attributes twenty years of Congress misrule to the spread of political and economic decay.
- It calls for anti-national elements to be resisted and for concerted national action.
- The conference was scheduled for 15–16 June 1968 at Cecil Hotel, Simla, with local hospitality offered to a limited number of invitees.
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