periodical issue
Swatantra Newsletter
ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF THE SWATANTRA PARTY, 143 MAHATMA GANDHI ROAD, FORT, BOMBAY. TELEPHONE NO : 29687 · Bombay · 1966
12 pages
Summary
This June 1966 issue of the Swatantra Newsletter reports on the Party’s meetings in Bombay from 26 to 29 May, including proceedings of the Central Parliamentary Board, National Executive, General Council, and the Secretaries of State Units. Its organisational discussion focuses on candidate selection, constituency committees, decentralisation, electoral understandings with non-Communist opposition parties, preparation for the 1967 elections, disciplinary action, and the proposed National Convention and election manifesto.
The issue also reproduces press commentary, extracts from C. Rajagopalachari’s Bombay speeches, reactions to the devaluation of the rupee, and the General Secretary’s report on organisation. The annexure presents General Council resolutions opposing the Emergency, the control-licence-permit-quota system, Gold Control, excessive foreign borrowing, party dictatorship, and the nationalisation of textbooks, while addressing Bastar, the Mizo Hills, drought in Orissa, food policy, agriculture, and cabinet resignations before the general elections. Across these sections, the Party links economic liberalisation and private enterprise with constitutional government, electoral competition, decentralised organisation, and resistance to Congress dominance.
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