MINUTES OF MEETING

Summary

These minutes record a meeting of the Swatantra Party’s Executive Committee held on 20 November 1964 in the Committee Room of Central Hall, Parliament House. The document lists the members present and assigns party speakers to parliamentary business, including the Representation of People (Second Amendment) Bill, the Food Corporation and Warehousing Corporation, the Court of Wards Bill, supplementary demands, the international situation, the U.G.C. report, and a Representation of People Amendment Bill introduced by D. C. Sharma.

The committee also nominated N. Dandekar to represent the party on select committees dealing with company law, wealth tax, and foreign-exchange regulation. It discussed a private member’s bill concerning the abrogation of Article 370, deciding that no party member should participate in the debate. The minutes further record Dandekar’s nomination to audit the Parliamentary Office accounts and preserve a prior decision permitting Sardar Kapur Singh to speak individually on fundamental rights arising from the Uttar Pradesh Legislature and a related High Court controversy.

Key points

• The Executive Committee of the Swatantra Party met on 20 November 1964 at Parliament House.
• The minutes record attendance by senior party members, including N. G. Ranga, Minoo Masani, N. Dandekar, S. Kapur Singh, and C. L. N. Reddy.
• Members were assigned to speak on or study a range of parliamentary bills, economic institutions, supplementary demands, foreign affairs, and the U.G.C. report.
• N. Dandekar was nominated to represent the party on select committees concerning company law, wealth tax, and foreign-exchange regulation.
• The committee decided that no party member should participate in debate on a private member’s bill concerning abrogation of Article 370.
• Dandekar was nominated to audit the accounts of the Parliamentary Office.
• The minutes reaffirm an individual speaking allowance for Sardar Kapur Singh in a controversy involving fundamental rights, the Uttar Pradesh Legislature, and the High Court.