[A Meetings of Executive Committee]

Summary

This two-page typed record documents a Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office Executive Committee meeting held at Parliament House, New Delhi, on April 22, 1964. Prof. N. G. Ranga was to lead the Party’s debate on the Constitution (17th Amendment) Bill, with Minoo Masani designated as the second speaker. The committee also reviewed nominations to the Public Undertakings, Public Accounts, and Estimates Committees, including the proposed candidacy of Sardar Kapur Singh.

The record shows the committee managing electoral preferences and internal party discipline. It approved Kapur Singh’s contest for the Estimates Committee on the understanding that party members would allocate their first, second, and third preference votes among the Swatantra Party nominee, the D.M.K. candidate, and Kapur Singh. The minutes also record a proposed informal discussion on Kashmir and Pakistan, and note that Dahyabhai Patel would decide the Party’s nominee for the Public Undertakings Committee. The document has no printed title or author byline; Kapur Singh signs as Secretary.

Key points

• The Executive Committee met on April 22, 1964, at Committee Room, Central Hall, Parliament House.
• Prof. N. G. Ranga was assigned to initiate the Swatantra Party’s debate on the Constitution (17th Amendment) Bill.
• Minoo Masani was designated as the second speaker, speaking at the Bill’s second or third reading.
• The committee discussed nominations to the Public Undertakings, Public Accounts, and Estimates Committees.
• Sardar Kapur Singh was allowed to contest the Estimates Committee election under an agreed preference-vote arrangement.
• Members were invited to an informal meeting at Minoo Masani’s residence to exchange views on Kashmir and Pakistan.
• Responsibility for deciding the Party’s nominee to the Public Undertakings Committee was left to Dahyabhai Patel.