MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE "RAJYA SABHA/VIDHAN PARISHAD" SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE CENTRAL PARLIAMENTARY BOARD HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH, 1968, IN THE PARTY ROOM AT THE LOK SABHA, NEW DELHI.

Summary

This one-page English office record contains the minutes of a Central Parliamentary Board sub-committee meeting held in New Delhi on 13 March 1968. Prof. N. G. Ranga chaired the meeting, with M. R. Masani and N. Dandeker present. The committee considered a letter from H. M. Patel, President of the Gujarat Unit, concerning the party’s Rajya Sabha candidate-selection process and the opposition to supporting Babubhai Vaidya as the party’s first-preference candidate.

The sub-committee resolved that the party should sponsor only Babubhai Vaidya from Gujarat and direct all of its first-preference votes to him. It further decided that U. N. Mahida and Prof. Shenoy should not be put forward, that Mahida should not contest independently, and that Shenoy should be requested not to stand for election. The document is signed by N. Dandeker as General Secretary.

Key points

• The record concerns a Rajya Sabha/Vidhan Parishad sub-committee of the Central Parliamentary Board.
• The meeting was held on 13 March 1968 in the party room at the Lok Sabha, New Delhi.
• Prof. N. G. Ranga chaired the meeting; M. R. Masani and N. Dandeker were also present.
• A letter from H. M. Patel, President of the Gujarat Unit, was read and discussed.
• The committee chose Babubhai Vaidya as the party’s sole sponsored candidate from Gujarat.
• The party’s first-preference votes were to be directed to Vaidya.
• U. N. Mahida and Prof. Shenoy were not to be put forward, and both were discouraged from contesting independently.