Relief for Orissa Cyclone Victims

Summary

This two-page English-language document records a Swatantra Party General Council resolution titled “Relief for Orissa Cyclone Victims.” The resolution expresses sympathy for victims of a cyclone that devastated large areas of Orissa, noting that the disaster compounded the effects of a three-year drought. It was moved by Mr. R. P. Singh Deo, M.P., and described as unanimously adopted by the General Council.

The resolution appeals to the Central Government to provide maximum financial and material assistance to the State Government, including loans to agriculturists, house-building equipment, and accelerated relief works such as reconstructing wells, tanks, and medium-scale irrigation works. It also calls on the people of India, especially Swatantra Party members, to donate generously to the Orissa Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Page 1 additionally contains a newspaper clipping headed “Masani does not relent,” concerning Minoo Masani and an internal Swatantra Party disagreement; the clipping is contextual material rather than the resolution itself.

Key points

• The Swatantra Party General Council adopted a resolution expressing sympathy for victims of a cyclone in Orissa.
• The resolution states that the cyclone intensified suffering caused by an existing three-year drought.
• It urges the Central Government to give financial and material assistance to the State Government.
• Proposed relief includes agricultural loans, house-building equipment, and reconstruction of wells, tanks, and medium-scale irrigation works.
• The document asks the public and Swatantra Party members to contribute to the Orissa Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
• The resolution is identified as having been moved by Mr. R. P. Singh Deo, M.P.
• An attached Hindustan Times clipping discusses Minoo Masani and a Swatantra Party political dispute.