General Secretary's Letter No. 283

Summary

This two-page Swatantra Party administrative letter, dated 6 July 1972, asks state units to provide updated figures for membership renewals and fresh enrolment as of 31 March. General Secretary Madhav Mehta notes that only Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Orissa, and Punjab had responded to an earlier request, and sets 22 July as the deadline for submitting the required figures and the Centre’s subscription quota.

Key points

• The letter is General Secretary’s Letter No. 283, issued from the Swatantra Party’s national headquarters in Bombay.
• State units are asked to report membership renewals and fresh enrolment figures as of 31 March 1972.
• Only Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Orissa, and Punjab had responded to the earlier request.
• The figures were needed to help calculate the strength of the party’s various delegations for a National Convention expected later in 1972.
• The second page records 29 units in the Bombay Region.
• The Bombay Region’s listed membership totals 1,025 existing members, with 57 new members in 1972, producing a stated total of 1,082.
• The report breaks down new members by named recruiters or groups, including a J group credited with 26 members in Kotwadi and Gabriel Pillai credited with three.