Minutes of the Meeting held on Sunday, July 5, 1959, at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, at 9:30 a.m.

Summary

This one-page set of minutes records a meeting of the Swatantra Party’s Organising Committee for Greater Bombay, held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on 5 July 1959. M. R. Masani chaired the meeting, which included party organisers and invited participants. The committee scheduled further discussions on the party’s principles, policy, and organisation; arranged meetings connected with C. Rajagopalachari’s visit; and began planning a permanent office in Sassoon Building. The minutes also document the committee’s early administrative and organisational work. H. P. Mody was asked to serve as honorary treasurer, a tentative budget was proposed with separate capital and revenue funds, and Dr. Cooper was assigned to prepare an office budget. The committee approved small meetings across Bombay and its suburbs, as well as public symposia for students, office workers, lawyers, and businesspeople on why they should join the Swatantra Party. The next committee meeting was fixed for 13 July 1959.

Key points

• The Greater Bombay Organising Committee met on 5 July 1959 with M. R. Masani in the chair. A further meeting was scheduled to discuss the Swatantra Party’s principles, policy, and organisation. The programme for C. Rajagopalachari’s visit, including two public meetings, was finalised. A permanent party office was to be arranged in Sassoon Building, where CEAT was then located. H. P. Mody was requested to act as honorary treasurer, and the committee discussed capital and revenue funds.
• The committee approved a programme of small local meetings and broader symposia aimed at recruiting people from different occupational groups.