Minutes of the Meeting

Summary

This one-page document records the Swatantra Party Executive Committee meeting held in New Delhi on 3 April 1970, with the minutes dated 7 April. It lists the members present and assigns party members to speak on subjects including petroleum and chemicals, industrial development, steel, education, labour, defence, social welfare, food and agriculture, health, broadcasting, transport, and tourism. The committee also agreed that preference should be given to Members of Parliament who had not yet spoken.

Key points

• The Executive Committee met in the Swatantra Party room at 12:30 p.m. on 3 April 1970.
• M. R. Masani, D. N. Deb, Piloo Mody, and other party figures were recorded as present.
• Members were allocated speaking responsibilities across twelve policy areas.
• The committee resolved to give speaking opportunities to MPs who had not previously spoken.
• The party condemned what it described as attempts by leftist parties to denigrate the judiciary.
• The resolution defended judicial independence after a recent Supreme Court judgment in the Banks Nationalisation Case.
• The party leader reported writing to the Speaker about appointing a Parliamentary Committee following an incident in Burdwan involving an angry mob.