CENTRAL PARLIAMENTARY BOARD SUB-COMMITTEE CIRCULAR NO.8/65.

Summary

This one-page Swatantra Party Central Parliamentary Board Sub-Committee circular, dated 30 December 1965, records the Party’s recommendation of Mr. Yatiraj Praharaj as its prospective candidate for the Chhatrapur Parliamentary Constituency. M. R. Masani states that he and Mr. Dandekar interviewed Praharaj in New Delhi and found him suitable.

The circular places the recommendation in the context of the previous General Election: the constituency had then been contested for the Party by Mr. Harihar Das, who is described as having since been nominated for the Bhanjanagar Parliamentary Constituency. The letter notes that Das had lost to a Congress candidate by approximately 25,000 votes, requests approval of Praharaj’s nomination, and treats silence by 15 January as absence of objection. A brief biographical sketch of Praharaj is mentioned as enclosed, but it is not included in the rendered page.

Key points

• The document is Circular No. 8/65 of the Swatantra Party’s Central Parliamentary Board Sub-Committee.
• M. R. Masani recommends Yatiraj Praharaj as the Party’s prospective candidate for the Chhatrapur Parliamentary Constituency.
• Masani and Mr. Dandekar interviewed Praharaj in New Delhi and found him suitable.
• Harihar Das had previously contested the constituency for the Party and had subsequently been nominated for the Bhanjanagar Parliamentary Constituency.
• The circular reports that Das lost the previous election to a Congress candidate by about 25,000 votes.
• The sender requests approval by 15 January and says that no reply will be taken as no objection.
• An enclosed biographical sketch of Praharaj is referred to but is not visible in the rendered document.