DRAFT MINUTES OF AN EMERGENT MEETING OF THE ORGANISATION SUB-COMMITTEE HELD ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1963, AT 10 P.M. AT THE RESIDENCE OF MR. K.M. MUNSHI

Summary

This three-page English office record contains draft minutes of an emergent Organisation Sub-Committee meeting held on 10 February 1963 at 10 p.m. at K. M. Munshi’s residence. Professor N. G. Ranga chaired the meeting, which confirmed the previous minutes and reviewed the organisation’s functioning in Bihar in light of earlier resolutions, Central Organising Committee decisions, and correspondence concerning the State Committee.

The principal decision was to replace the existing interim Bihar State Committee with a broader committee. Six of the seven members appointed under the July 22 resolution were present in Bombay and were invited to discuss the matter informally. Five expressed support for constituting a new committee, and the minutes record sixteen proposed office-bearers and members, including Shri Kamakhya Narain Singh as President, Ram Binod Singh and Jaleshwar Prasad as Vice-Presidents, and Sardar Harihar Singh as General Secretary. The attached “True Copy,” signed by the five participants and dated 10.2.1963, repeats the agreed list. The document does not identify the organisation by name.

Key points

• The meeting took place on Sunday, 10 February 1963, at 10 p.m. at K. M. Munshi’s residence.
• Professor N. G. Ranga chaired a meeting attended by C. Rajagopalachari, K. M. Munshi, Kamakhya Narain Singh of Ramgarh, S. K. D. Paliwal, and M. R. Mafani.
• The committee reviewed arrangements for the organisation’s functioning in Bihar during the coming months.
• Five visiting members advocated replacing the existing interim State Committee with a more representative committee.
• Sixteen names were recommended for the new State Committee, subject to approval by the General Secretary and the Organisation Sub-Committee.
• The General Secretary could add unanimously recommended names, provided the total did not exceed seven office-bearers and twenty-five members.
• The meeting ended after the committee recorded these decisions; an attached memorandum preserves the five signatories’ agreed recommendations.