Letter to Mr Minoo Masani

Summary

This one-page letter, dated July 19, 1963, was sent from the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office to M. R. Masani. A. P. Jain encloses a proposed letter to the Lok Sabha Secretary and asks Masani to sign and return it so that the resolution can be submitted to the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

The letter explains a procedural change: Members no longer submit the full text of a proposed resolution in advance, but instead ballot their names to indicate an intention to move resolutions during the coming session. If selected, a Member may move a resolution with the Speaker’s permission. Jain says the party wishes to raise the recent Patnaik–Mehta controversy, including questions of corruption in high offices and developments in the Centre and the state of Orissa, alongside other subjects requiring parliamentary discussion.

Key points

• A. P. Jain writes from the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office to M. R. Masani on July 19, 1963.
• The enclosed letter is intended for the Secretary of the Lok Sabha and concerns moving a parliamentary resolution.
• A changed procedure requires Members to submit their names rather than the full text of proposed resolutions.
• Names are balloted, and a Member whose name is selected may move a resolution with the Speaker’s permission.
• The Swatantra Party seeks to raise the recent Patnaik–Mehta controversy in Parliament.
• The proposed discussion would address corruption in high offices and events in the Centre and the state of Orissa.
• The letter also refers to other important subjects that the party wishes to debate in Parliament.