Rules of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee

(Adopted at meetings of the Committee held on 12 February 1921, 15 February 1921 and 16 February 1921.)

1. The Bengal Provincial Congress Committee shall represent the Indian National Congress in the Province of Bengal and Surma Valley and shall act as for the Province in all Congress matters and take such steps as it may think proper to organize provincial, district and local Conferences and make rules for the conduct of their business and otherwise carry on the work of the Congress.

2. The Bengal Provincial Congress Committee shall be composed of members elected in manner hereinafter laid down.

3. The Bengal Provincial Congress Committee shall organize a District Congress Committee in each District (in accordance with the new Constitution of the Congress), which shall carry out the work of the Congress in the districts under its guidance and control. Such Committees shall abide by all the Rules framed and instructions issued by the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee.

Note: The city of Calcutta including the area within its Municipal Jurisdiction, shall for the purpose of these rules be treated as a District.

4. The District Congress Committees shall organize and establish local Congress Committees in such urban and rural areas as they consider necessary and such local committees shall abide by the rules and act under the guidance of the District Congress Committees subject to the control of the Provincial Congress Committees.