Minutes of the meeting

Summary

These minutes record a meeting of the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office’s Executive Committee held in New Delhi on 21 August 1969. The committee discussed the political situation following the recent presidential election and authorised Y. G. Gowd and K. L. Kaushik to advise the party leader on speakers for Private Members’ business. The minutes also note N. Dandekar’s inability to attend meetings of the Consultative Committee, proposing that a substitute be nominated either on behalf of the party or to the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. The meeting further recorded that the audit of the party accounts for the year ending March 1969 would be conducted by the auditor of C. C. Desai’s company. The document is administrative in character and does not provide substantive detail about the party’s positions on the presidential election or parliamentary business.

Key points

• The Executive Committee meeting took place on 21 August 1969 at the Swatantra Party room in Central Hall, New Delhi. The recent presidential election and the political situation arising from it were discussed. Y. G. Gowd and K. L. Kaushik were authorised to advise the party leader on speakers for Private Members’ business. N. Dandekar reported that he could not attend meetings of the Consultative Committee. The committee considered nominating a replacement for Dandekar in the relevant committee.
• The party audit for the year ending March 1969 was to be undertaken by the auditor of C. C. Desai’s company.