Minutes of the Meeting

Summary

This one-page set of minutes records a meeting of the Swatantra Party’s Executive Committee in Parliament on 23 November 1967. The document lists nine members present, including N. G. Ranga, S. S. Mariswamy, Devi Singh, N. Dandekar, J. M. Lobo Prabhu, N. Shivappa, D. N. Patodia, C. C. Desai, and J. Mohd. Imam; C. C. Desai is identified as secretary.

The minutes assign party members to speak on a range of parliamentary matters: a no-confidence motion, the food debate, the Essential Commodities Bill, unlawful activities, sick textile mills, the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Bill, and the Hazare Committee and Monopolies Commission report. The page documents internal parliamentary coordination rather than substantive arguments on these issues; no speeches, resolutions, or outcomes are included.

Key points

• The meeting was held at 10:30 a.m. on 23 November 1967 in the Swatantra Party Room, Parliament House, New Delhi.
• Nine members of the party’s parliamentary Executive Committee are listed as present.
• C. C. Desai signed the minutes as secretary.
• Speakers were assigned for a no-confidence motion and the food debate.
• J. M. Lobo Prabhu was assigned to speak on the Essential Commodities Bill.
• The agenda also covered unlawful activities, sick textile mills, monopolies, restrictive trade practices, and the Hazare Committee report.
• The document records speaking assignments only and does not provide the content or result of the parliamentary interventions.