[A Meetings of Executive Committee]

Summary

This one-page internal record of the Swatantra Party Executive Committee meeting held on 29 May 1964 documents attendance, decisions, and follow-up arrangements. Chaired by Prof. N. G. Ranga, the meeting assigned party representatives to make obituary references for Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Parliament and to attend a public condolence meeting at Ramlila Grounds following his death. Maharani Gayatri Devi was nominated to speak for the party in the Central Hall, while M. R. Masani was asked to represent it at the public meeting.

The committee also agreed that the party’s principal speakers in both Houses should recommend adjourning Parliament until the ruling party elected a new prime minister, presenting this as a way to give the administration an appearance of stability. Finally, it discussed S. Kapur Singh’s complaint about the party’s recent nominations to select and parliamentary committees and resolved to adopt a more formal nomination procedure. The document is signed by Kapur Singh as secretary.

Key points

• The Executive Committee met on 29 May 1964 in the Party Committee Room, Central Hall, Parliament House.
• Prof. N. G. Ranga chaired the meeting.
• The committee arranged Swatantra Party obituary references and condolence representations following Jawaharlal Nehru’s death.
• Maharani Gayatri Devi was nominated to speak for the party in the Central Hall, and M. R. Masani was assigned to the Ramlila Grounds meeting.
• Party speakers were asked to propose adjourning both Houses until the ruling party elected a new prime minister.
• The committee decided that future nominations to select and parliamentary committees should follow a more formal procedure.