Summary
This one-page letter, dated August 8, 1966, from the Swatantra Party’s General Secretary M. R. Masani offers State Units practical guidance for conventions planned before the Party’s National Convention in November. It recommends a compact one-and-a-half-day format: an inaugural afternoon session open to the press and public by invitation, followed by closed business sessions and a substantial discussion of party organisation distinct from resolutions and policy. The letter advocates conducting conventions in a disciplined, economical manner. Drawing on the Party’s 1964 National Convention in Bangalore and a recent Mysore convention, it argues against expensive and time-consuming ceremonies such as shamianas and processions. An enclosed organisational chart, prepared for the Third National Convention in Bangalore, is offered as a model, and State Units are invited to seek further clarification. The rendered page does not include the enclosed chart itself.
Key points
- State conventions should last one day and a half. The opening afternoon session should be inaugural, with the press and public admitted by invitation. The following day should be devoted to closed business sessions. At least half of the second day should address party organisation separately from policy and resolutions. Organisational discussion should be based, where possible, on a report circulated to delegates one month in advance. The letter urges State Units to avoid costly and time-consuming ceremonial forms and to conduct conventions in a business-like manner.
- An organisational chart used for the Third National Convention in Bangalore is enclosed as a practical model, though it is not visible on the rendered page.
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