Proceedings of en Informal meeting at Bangalore on 6th August 1959.

Summary

This four-page Swatantra Party record combines the proceedings of an informal meeting held in Bangalore on 6 August 1959 with two related letters dated 4 August. The meeting discusses moving the Central Office to 8 Grant Road, Bangalore; staffing, stationery, a typewriter and bicycle; the handling of party correspondence; and the collection and preparation of material for pamphlets, legislative questions and public criticism of government policy. It also sets out administrative arrangements for the party’s Bombay and Bangalore accounts, including expenditure authorisations and the need to seek additional funds.

Key points

• The Swatantra Party’s Central Office is to be shifted to 8 Grant Road, Bangalore, while correspondence continues to use the former Race Course Road address.
• Narayana Reddi is authorised to recruit office staff and purchase stationery, a typewriter and a bicycle.
• Party correspondence is to be centralised in Bangalore except where provincial matters require local handling.
• The Madras Office is expected to gather and classify information for legislative questions, pamphlets, speeches and criticism of government programmes.
• The record emphasises inexpensive pamphlets in local languages and audience-specific talking points for urban and rural speakers.
• The party’s accounts will remain divided between Bombay and Bangalore, with specified authorisations for expenditure.
• The funds received are described as insufficient, prompting a further appeal for contributions.
• Attached correspondence records plans for a membership-enrolment drive and for a subcommittee to draft the party manifesto.