STRUCTURE of PARTY ORGANISATION

Summary

This January 1969 Swatantra Party pamphlet introduces the Swatantra Organisation Series and provides a practical guide to the Party’s organisational structure. The visible sections explain the Party’s two membership categories—Workers/Life Workers and Ordinary Members—along with eligibility, fees, enrolment forms, approval procedures, registers, membership cards, renewals, and the allocation of subscription revenue among primary, district, state or regional, and central units.

The pamphlet then outlines the formation and functioning of Primary Units and District Units, including minimum membership requirements, committee formation, nomination, elections, and working committees. It also describes the Party’s election cycle and arrangements for members in areas where local units cannot yet be organised, including “Special Primary Constituencies” and “Special District Constituencies.” The introduction presents the series as an attempt to supply organisational know-how to party workers and life workers, in response to the claim that the Swatantra Party is ideologically strong but organisationally weak.

Key points

• The pamphlet launches the Swatantra Organisation Series as a training resource for Party Workers and Life Workers.
• It distinguishes Workers/Life Workers, who may vote and hold Party office, from Ordinary Members, who support the Party but cannot vote or stand for office.
• It sets out enrolment, approval, registration, card-issuance, and subscription-renewal procedures.
• It specifies a subscription allocation of 20% to the Primary Unit, 50% to the District Unit, 25% to the State or Region, and 5% to the Centre.
• It describes Primary Units as constituency-based organisations, normally requiring at least 20 Workers to elect a committee.
• It explains District Units, District Committees, and District Working Committees, including provisions for newly organised areas.
• It presents party elections and co-option procedures for State, Regional, and all-India bodies.