periodical issue
Swatantra Newsletter
ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF THE SWATANTRA PARTY, 143 MAHATMA GANDHI ROAD, FORT, BOMBAY. TELEPHONE NO : 29687 · Bombay · 1963
10 pages
Summary
Swatantra Newsletter No. 40, dated December 1963, reports on the party’s forthcoming National Convention in Bangalore, Rajaji’s 86th birthday, party recruitment among Saurashtra peasants, electoral results in Goa, and the deaths of Sardar Bahadur Lal Singh and Muthuramalinga Thevar. Its central political emphasis is opposition to Congress dominance, the Constitution (17th Amendment) Bill, and the expansion of state control over economic and political life. The issue also records party activity in Andhra Pradesh, Bombay, Delhi, Gujarat, Madras, Mysore, and Orissa.
The parliamentary coverage presents Swatantra’s liberal critique of planning, state monopolies, taxation, licensing, and government intervention. Reports on the Companies (Amendment) Bill and the Unit Trust of India Bill defend contractual and shareholder rights, competition, and private enterprise. Prof. N. G. Ranga and M. R. Masani argue for agricultural production, consumer choice, mixed economic arrangements, and limits on centralised planning, while Masani’s annexed Lok Sabha speech links the Companies Bill to parliamentary procedure, governmental credibility, and the protection of civil liberty. The issue also opposes extending the Preventive Detention Act and criticises restrictions on democratic debate.
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