Resolutions Adopted by the Joint Meeting of Executive Committee, Parliamentary Board and District Party Presidents and Secretaries of Andhra Pradesh Swatantra Party held on 19th March at Hyderabad.

Summary

This one-page resolution records decisions taken by a joint meeting of the Andhra Pradesh Swatantra Party’s executive committee, parliamentary board, and district-level party leadership in Hyderabad on 19 March. The meeting reviews the party’s recent electoral performance: 279,348 votes out of 906,000 in the 18 constituencies it contested, or 30.9 percent. It credits youth and student supporters, condemns the reported use of force, money, and intimidation in the elections, and urges successful Independent legislators to organize themselves into a stable democratic opposition. The resolution also calls for a radical reorientation of party policies and programmes to reflect the ambitions of working people, especially Harijans, Girijans, and other Backward Classes. Finally, it authorizes three party legislators—B. Ratnasabhapathi, Y. Venkata Rao, and P. Raja-Gopalanaidu—to contact like-minded Independents and form an opposition bloc in both houses of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The page does not print a year, publisher line, or individual author.

Key points

• The meeting reviews the party’s performance in 18 contested constituencies, reporting 279,348 votes out of 906,000, or 30.9 percent. It attributes the electoral result partly to the commitment of young people and students who supported the Swatantra Party. It alleges that the ruling national party benefited from the abuse of force, money, and intimidation. It welcomes the success of Independent legislators and urges them to form a strong and stable democratic opposition. It calls for a radical policy reorientation directed particularly toward Harijans, Girijans, and other Backward Classes.
• It authorizes three named legislators to organize an opposition bloc in both houses of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature.