Minutes of the Meeting

Summary

This one-page English record, issued by the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office in New Delhi on 23 August 1968, records an Executive Committee meeting held the previous day. It lists eleven members present, including Minoo Masani, Piloo Mody, Y. G. Gowd, and R. K. Amin. The committee adopted a resolution condemning the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact states for invading Czechoslovakia and expressing solidarity with the Czechoslovak people.

The minutes also record several parliamentary and organisational decisions: directing State units to observe a protest day against Mr. Nath Pai’s bill concerning a constitutional amendment dealing with Fundamental Rights; asking an Orissa member to speak on the Bihar budget; requesting Y. G. Gowd to speak on supplementary demands for grants; nominating Meetha Lal Meena to a committee on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commissioner’s reports; and authorising the Chief Whip to select a second committee nominee from among Scheduled Tribes members of Orissa.

Key points

• The Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office recorded an Executive Committee meeting held on 22 August 1968.
• Eleven party members were listed as present.
• The committee condemned the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact powers.
• The adopted resolution framed the invasion as a violation of Czechoslovak sovereignty and independence and a threat to world peace.
• The party resolved to express solidarity with the people of Czechoslovakia and support their liberation from Soviet imperialism.
• The minutes directed State units to observe a protest day concerning Mr. Nath Pai’s constitutional-amendment bill on Fundamental Rights.
• Additional decisions concerned Bihar budget and supplementary-grant speeches and nominations relating to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes reports.