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Masani firm on quitting Swatantra party posts

The Hindustan Times · New Delhi · 1968

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Summary

This Hindustan Times report, datelined New Delhi, May 14, describes Minoo Masani’s decision to resign from his posts in the Swatantra Party. Masani wrote to party leader M. R. Masani? No—the clipping identifies the resignation as Masani’s own and reports that N. Dandekar had also decided to leave his party positions. The resignations followed disciplinary action against Swatantra members and criticism of the party’s Central Parliamentary Board, National Executive, and Gujarat organisation.

Key points

  • Minoo Masani announced his resignation from Swatantra Party posts after disciplinary action against party members.
  • N. Dandekar also wrote to Masani explaining that he had decided to adhere to the same action.
  • Masani argued that the National Executive had failed to take obvious steps to restore party discipline.
  • He criticised the Executive for allegedly ignoring breaches of duty by party members and Gujarat legislators.
  • Masani feared that the Swatantra Party was developing the same cynicism about party sanctity that he associated with the Congress Party.
  • He proposed that a future party General Council meeting in Madras should consider the resignations.

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