[Letter From Mr S V Raju]

Summary

In this typed letter dated November 2, 1978, S. V. Raju asks a political associate to support S. Ramachandran, a former secretary of the Bombay Regional Unit of the Swatantra Party who is contesting the forthcoming Bombay municipal elections as a Janata Party candidate from Matunga. The requested assistance includes manning polling booths and serving as a polling or counting agent on election day, November 8.

Raju provides contact times and directs volunteers to report to Ramachandran’s election office near Matunga Post Office at 8 a.m. on polling day. The one-page document is a practical mobilisation letter concerning local electoral organisation; no broader political programme or policy argument is presented.

Key points

• The letter is dated November 2, 1978, and is signed by S. V. Raju.
• S. Ramachandran is identified as a former secretary of the Bombay Regional Unit of the Swatantra Party.
• Ramachandran is contesting the Bombay municipal elections as a Janata Party candidate from Matunga.
• Raju requests volunteers to help man polling booths or serve as polling or counting agents.
• Volunteers are asked to attend at Ramachandran’s election office at 8 a.m. on November 8.
• The letter supplies residence and office telephone numbers and contact windows before polling day.