[Swatantra Party Minutes of Meeting]

Summary

This undated internal Swatantra Party file summary records organisational, nomination, and election-finance matters from February 1965 through February 1967. It notes the General Council’s endorsement of the General Secretary’s organisational proposals, a Central Parliamentary Board decision to reject C. C. Desai’s Rajya Sabha nomination in favour of Dr. Beharilal Anantani, and subsequent protests and correspondence involving B. D. Patel, Baria, M. R. Masani, and C. Rajagopalachari.

Key points

• The General Council meeting in Bombay on 13 February 1965 endorsed the General Secretary’s organisational proposals and asked the National Executive to implement them.
• A Central Parliamentary Board meeting in Madras on 26–27 February 1966 rejected C. C. Desai’s Rajya Sabha nomination and nominated Dr. Beharilal Anantani instead.
• The file records protests from B. D. Patel and Baria, along with M. R. Masani’s and C. Rajagopalachari’s correspondence on the nomination dispute.
• The General Council’s Bombay meeting of 27–28 May 1966 discussed organisational arrangements, including three-member committees and field organisers, as well as H. M. Patel’s demand for greater independence for the Gujarat Party.
• A July 1966 agreement addressed the Gujarat unit’s collection of funds in Bombay and its relationship to central party donors.
• Later correspondence concerned the allocation and expenditure of election funds between the Gujarat State unit and Gujarat candidates; a Central Parliamentary Board meeting in Delhi rejected a request to reopen the procedure.