Swatantra Party Election Manifesto, 1967 did not only bring to the fore ineffective governance by the Congress in the previous decades, but also laid emphasis on “A New Government with a New Policy.” This new government with a new policy is what the Manifesto claimed to establish if the Swatantra Party won. The manifesto focused on the common man, agriculture, industry and trade, labour, democratic planning, abandonment of inflationary policies, abolition of gold control, among other things. The Swatantra Party was opposed to nationalisation of banks. The manifesto also argued for electoral and administrative reforms.