Minutes of the Meeting

Summary

This two-page memorandum records the minutes of a Swatantra Party Executive Committee meeting held in the Party Room on July 23, 1968, and issued by the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office on July 25. It lists nine members present, including Prof. N. G. Ranga, Piloo Mody, N. Dandekar, and C. C. Desai. The committee discussed members’ abstention from voting on an adjournment motion concerning Soviet arms aid to Pakistan and decided that the matter should be brought to the attention of absent and other party members.

The minutes also record a decision to make attendance mandatory when the party initiates voting on subjects, and to circulate instructions requiring members to obtain party permission before accepting membership of select committees. Individual members were assigned to speak on a range of parliamentary bills and resolutions, including legislation concerning property acquisition, border security, rice milling, gold control, enemy property, patents and designs, and eviction of unauthorised occupants. The committee additionally congratulated Piloo Mody and D. N. Patodia for their performance in the House.

Key points

• The document records a Swatantra Party Executive Committee meeting held on July 23, 1968.
• Nine committee members are listed as present.
• The committee addressed abstentions from voting on an adjournment motion concerning Soviet arms aid to Pakistan.
• A general circular was proposed to make members’ presence mandatory during party-initiated votes.
• Members were instructed not to join select committees without prior party permission.
• Members were assigned parliamentary speaking responsibilities on ten bills or resolutions.
• The committee congratulated Piloo Mody and D. N. Patodia for their performance in the House.