What the Swatantra Party Stands For
By M. R. Masani
Summary
What the Swatantra Party Stands For is a short statement by M. R. Masani setting out the founding creed of the Swatantra Party — the classical-liberal opposition party he helped found in 1959 with C. Rajagopalachari and N. G. Ranga. It answers, in plain terms, the questions a voter might ask: what does the party believe, and can it deliver?
The pamphlet restates the party’s core commitments: a limited government that renders unto the State what is the State’s but no more; the defence of individual freedom and property against the encroachments of the licence-permit-quota Raj; a market economy in which enterprise, not the bureaucracy, allocates resources; and opposition to the statism and creeping collectivism the party saw in Congress policy.
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Key points
- A short statement by M. R. Masani of the founding creed of the Swatantra Party (founded 1959).
- Argues for limited government — rendering unto the State only what is properly the State’s.
- Defends individual freedom and private property against the licence-permit-quota Raj.
- Backs a market economy in which enterprise, not bureaucracy, allocates resources.
- Frames Swatantra as the liberal alternative to Congress statism and collectivism.
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