[Letter to Mr S V Raju]

Summary

In this letter dated 4 April 1970, Minoo Masani replies to S. V. Raju about the circulation of a three-column statement and its accompanying covering letter to members of the National Executive. He reports that H. M. Patel will meet him to decide whether the statement should be made the basis of a party decision, while noting his disagreement with N. Dandekar’s proposed one-sentence resolution.

Masani proposes that the resolution should instead refer to persistent acts of indiscipline and anti-party activity, illustrated by the issues discussed in Bombay. He also coordinates the dispatch of invitations to the State Parliamentary Board and the three-column statement to MLAs, including checking whether the MLAs will be in Ahmedabad between 8 and 12 April. The document is a brief piece of internal party correspondence focused on organisational discipline, decision-making, and political communication.

Key points

• The letter is dated 4 April 1970 and is addressed to S. V. Raju in Bombay.
• Masani approves sending the three-column statement with a covering letter to members of the National Executive.
• He plans to consult H. M. Patel about whether the statement should become the basis of a party decision.
• He rejects N. Dandekar’s proposed one-sentence resolution as insufficiently strong.
• He recommends language addressing persistent indiscipline and anti-party activities.
• He discusses dispatching invitations to the State Parliamentary Board and distributing the statement to MLAs.