Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Swatantra Party, Maharashtra held on Saturday, the 27th April 1974 at the Party Office, Bombay.

Summary

These two pages record the proceedings of the Swatantra Party, Maharashtra’s Executive Committee meeting held in Bombay on 27 April 1974. The minutes list the participants, note that the previous meeting’s minutes were approved, and report the General Secretary’s account of recent meetings and organisational expansion in Bandra, Kurla, and Mahim. The record also notes the opening of party offices, including a Bandra unit office and a Kurla office whose inauguration was followed by a public meeting attended by about 3,000 people.

The committee reviewed a party march held on 25 March 1974 and the four demands submitted to Maharashtra’s Chief Minister. Discussion focused on housing and organising slum dwellers, mobilising hutment dwellers in western suburbs, convening local unit and district meetings, and organising B.E.S.S.T. employees into a union. The minutes also call for a Maharashtra farmers’ conference after the monsoon, while acknowledging that such an undertaking would require substantial effort and expense. The document ends with the Chairman’s signature.

Key points

• The Executive Committee met at the Swatantra Party office in Bombay on 27 April 1974.
• The minutes record attendance by committee members and invitees and grant leave to F. C. Cama.
• New party offices were opened in Bandra and Kurla, alongside recent meetings in Bandra, Kurla, and Mahim.
• A Kurla office inauguration was followed by a public meeting attended by approximately 3,000 people.
• The party reviewed its 25 March march and four demands submitted to Maharashtra’s Chief Minister.
• Committee discussion addressed housing and organisation among zोपadpatti and hutment dwellers, including possible mobilisation in western suburbs.
• The General Secretary urged local organisational meetings, support for a possible B.E.S.S.T. employees’ union, and preparation for a Maharashtra farmers’ conference after the monsoon.