[Letter from Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This two-page correspondence concerns a notice from the Lok Sabha Secretariat regarding a column by M.R. Masani published in The Statesman on March 15, 1992. In his letter of March 8, Cushrow Irani tells Masani that the Speaker’s office has requested the newspaper’s comments and says he will follow whatever position Masani takes. The letter frames the matter as a question requiring coordination between the columnist and the newspaper.

Key points

• Cushrow Irani’s March 8 letter encloses a notice from the Lok Sabha Secretariat concerning one of Masani’s columns.
• The notice relates to a column published in The Statesman on March 15.
• Irani says the Speaker’s office has requested the newspaper’s comments.
• Irani offers to follow whatever position Masani adopts.
• Masani’s April 13 reply forwards a copy of his letter to the Joint Secretary of Parliament.
• Masani leaves Irani free to take whatever stand he considers best in the interest of the paper.
• The exchange documents a press-related interaction with a parliamentary authority.