Minutes of the Meeting

Summary

These two pages record the proceedings of a Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office Executive Committee meeting held on 25 February 1969 at Parliament House, New Delhi. The minutes list seven members present and assign party members to speak on the General Budget, Finance Bill, and Railway Budget. They also establish a procedural rule that members handling major budgetary or financial debates should not be the principal or first speakers on demands for grants.

Key points

• The Executive Committee meeting was held on 25 February 1969 at 10:15 a.m. in the Central Hall, Parliament House, New Delhi.
• Seven members are listed as present, including N. G. Ranga, Dahayabhai V. Patel, N. K. Somani, Y. G. Gowd, C. C. Desai, R. K. Amin, and D. N. Patodia.
• Members were assigned speaking responsibilities for the General Budget, Finance Bill, and Railway Budget.
• The committee decided that members speaking in major budgetary or financial debates should not lead debates on demands for grants.
• Four members were nominated to the Joint Select Committee on M. R. Pai’s Bill.
• The minutes assign speakers to private members’ resolutions concerning the functioning of Central Services and the amortisation of States’ debts.
• The committee discussed its response to a convention called by Jayaprakash Narayan and read a letter from Rajaji concerning State lotteries and reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.