Masani quits party posts

Summary

This two-page archival item records M. R. Masani’s resignation from his posts in the Swatantra Party. A newspaper clipping dated New Delhi, March 29, reports that Masani, described as the party’s deputy leader in Parliament, resigned from the national executive and the Central Parliamentary Board. The clipping attributes the resignation to the defeat of the official Swatantra candidates in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections and says that Masani also resigned as leader of the party in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

The second page is a typed organisational record listing the Swatantra Party’s office bearers and National Executive members for 1967–69. It names Prof. N. G. Ranga as president, lists five vice-presidents, N. Dandekar as general secretary, four joint secretaries, two treasurers, and a larger group of executive members. The document therefore combines a contemporary report of an internal party resignation with a snapshot of the party’s national leadership structure.

Key points

• M. R. Masani resigned from the Swatantra Party’s national executive and Central Parliamentary Board.
• The clipping links the resignation to the defeat of official Swatantra candidates in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections.
• Masani also resigned as leader of the Swatantra Party in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
• The clipping reports that the resignation followed the failure of a large number of party members in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly to vote for the party’s candidates.
• A separate typed page lists Swatantra Party office bearers and National Executive members for 1967–69.
• The roster identifies Prof. N. G. Ranga as president and N. Dandekar as general secretary.