[Swatantra Party Minutes of Meeting]

Summary

These draft minutes record the Swatantra Party Organisation Sub-Committee meeting held at the Kalki office in Madras on 13 January 1963. The document lists the attendees and records the reconstitution of the party’s State Executive Committees in Orissa and Delhi, including the appointment of office-bearers and members. The Orissa committee was headed by R. N. Singh Deo, while the Delhi committee was headed by Col. H. R. Pasricha. The committee also agreed that Singh Deo should be co-opted to the Central Organising Committee.

Key points

• The Organisation Sub-Committee met in Madras on 13 January 1963, with Professor N. G. Ranga in the chair.
• The minutes report and approve a reconstituted Swatantra Party State Executive Committee in Orissa.
• A reconstituted Delhi State Executive Committee was approved, with Col. H. R. Pasricha as president and A. C. Bisaria as general secretary.
• The committee decided that the Orissa state-unit president, R. N. Singh Deo, should be co-opted to the Central Organising Committee.
• The committee discussed organisational difficulties and the proposed merger of the Uttar Pradesh unit with the Jan Singh group.
• It authorised reconstituted state committees to co-opt additional members where necessary to represent previously unrepresented elements.
• The minutes review a dispute in the Bihar unit concerning the authority and composition of a newly constituted State Executive Committee and refer the matter to the General Council.