Agenda for the Meeting of the Committee at Bombay on the 22nd August 1959.

Summary

This 1959 Swatantra Party Central Organising Committee paper combines the agenda for the committee’s Bombay meeting on 22 August with proceedings and working notes from the party’s early organisational phase. The visible pages focus on creating provisional regional committees, issuing authority to them, enrolling members, printing membership forms and the Statement of Principles in English and Indian languages, publishing leaders’ speeches, and preparing for an All-India Convention. Regional organisation is presented as the basis for enrolling members, holding local and district conventions, establishing party units, collecting subscriptions, and reporting membership and finances to the centre.

The later proceedings specify interim administrative arrangements, including the transfer of the central office to Bangalore, the division of correspondence between central and provincial offices, a research and publication wing in Madras, central coordination of printing, and detailed controls over bank accounts, expenditure, advances, receipts, and monthly statements. The document also records a proposal to use existing political contacts and regional initiatives, to send representatives to states where organisation was weak, and to seek further funds from Rajaji. The final visible page states that the organisational suggestions would be placed before the committee meeting in Bombay for further action.

Key points

• The agenda covers regional committee formation, membership, propaganda, interim administration, central committee business, and the All-India Convention.
• Regional committees are assigned responsibility for enrolling members, holding local and district conventions, organising party units, and collecting donations and subscriptions.
• Membership forms and the Statement of Principles are to be printed in English and multiple Indian languages, with regional distribution coordinated from Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta.
• The Bangalore proceedings establish an interim central office, correspondence procedures, staffing, stationery purchases, and equipment requirements.
• A Madras research and publication wing is proposed to collect evidence, prepare pamphlets, and supply material for legislative and public criticism.
• Financial rules require authorisation for expenditure, joint control of funds, vouchers and statements, and regular reporting by regional committees.
• The paper recommends mobilising existing political contacts and sending special representatives to states and groups where party organisation remains incomplete.