Extract From the Proceedings of the Meeting of the Andhra Pradesh Swatantra Party held at Bapatla on 19th April, 1968

Summary

This one-page extract records resolutions of the Andhra Pradesh Swatantra Party Executive Committee meeting held at Bapatla on 19 April 1968. The committee expressed concern that some party legislators had acted in ways that lowered the party’s prestige during recent Rajya Sabha elections, and urged legislators to remain united and strengthen the party’s standing in future.

Key points

• The Executive Committee criticised the conduct of some party legislators during the recent Rajya Sabha elections.
• It linked that conduct to a decline in the prestige of the Swatantra Party.
• The committee called on party legislators to remain united and enhance the party’s prestige.
• Despite what it described as the Jana Sangh legislators’ suspicious attitude during the Rajya Sabha biennial elections, it reaffirmed an electoral understanding with the Jana Sangh.
• The committee noted developments in the Gujarat Swatantra Party following the defeat of its Rajya Sabha candidate and M. R. Masani’s resignation from the Central Party’s Parliamentary Board and Executive Committee.