[Letter to S V Raju]

Summary

This one-page letter, dated 15 November 1967 and written from the Kerala State Swatantra Party office in Kottayam, records decisions taken at a combined meeting of the state executive and general council. Addressed to S. V. Raju, it anticipates controversial issues at an upcoming General Council meeting in Delhi and sets out Kerala’s positions on party and parliamentary leadership, political alignments, and representation of the state unit.

The letter states that the party chairmanship and parliamentary party leadership should not be held by the same person, rejects any direct or indirect understanding with right- or left-wing communists under the label “Non-Congressism,” and asks the central leadership to retain K. K. Kuruvilla on the National Executive. Sebastian Paikada is designated leader of the Kerala delegation and is to speak officially on the affairs of the state unit. The letter also notes that the executive passed a resolution on the current political situation in Kerala, with a press report enclosed; that enclosure is not present in the rendered page.

Key points

• The letter reports decisions of a combined meeting of the Kerala State Swatantra Party executive and general council.
• Kerala’s General Council members are instructed to demand that party chairmanship and parliamentary party leadership not go to the same person.
• The meeting rejects political understandings with right- and left-wing communists under the banner of “Non-Congressism.”
• The executive asks central leaders to retain K. K. Kuruvilla on the National Executive.
• Sebastian Paikada is appointed leader and official spokesperson of the Kerala delegation.
• A resolution on the present political situation in Kerala was passed, and a press report was reportedly enclosed but is not visible here.