General Secretary's Letter No. 274

Summary

Dated November 15, 1971, General Secretary’s Letter No. 274 is a Swatantra Party office circular signed by Madhav Mehta. It refers to the resolution adopted at the Party’s General Council meeting in Baroda on November 6 concerning the severe Orissa cyclone, whose tidal waves caused extensive loss of human life, crops, and cattle.

The letter instructs party workers and units to organise relief collection from the primary level upward. Members are asked to make cash contributions through authorised representatives; party units are urged to solicit goods such as blankets, utensils, cloth, and ready-made garments from members, sympathisers, and manufacturers; and the State Unit is encouraged to observe an “Orissa Cyclone Day” with processions and public collections. Cash and in-kind donations are to be sent directly to Ghashiram Majhi, General Secretary of the Swatantra Party in Orissa, in Bhubaneswar.

Key points

• The document is General Secretary’s Letter No. 274, dated November 15, 1971.
• It responds to a Swatantra Party resolution on relief for victims of the Orissa cyclone.
• The cyclone is described as having caused unprecedented havoc to people, crops, and cattle through tidal waves.
• Party members are instructed to contribute cash through authorised party representatives.
• Party units are asked to collect donated consumer goods, including blankets, utensils, cloth, and ready-made garments.
• The Orissa State Unit is encouraged to organise an “Orissa Cyclone Day” with processions and public collections.
• Relief collections are to be sent to Ghashiram Majhi, the party’s Orissa General Secretary, in Bhubaneswar.