Attempts To Negotiate With The Company
On 5 February 1939, 36 members of the central board of the Kisan Sangh met at the residence of Mohammed Twahir Khan in Lautoka. Mohammed Twahir Khan was unanimously elected the President. Ayodhya Prasad was elected the Secretary. An office was set up in Mr Khan’s residence and a letter written to the Company asking for the following:
- The farmers be allowed to keep the second ratoon crop.
- The Company provide a statement with its payment.
- The Company allow the Kisan Sangh’s representative to check the weighing of cane.
- The price of cane not be based on sugar content, but on tonnage.
- The Company not force farmers to work on the train line and to cut its cane.
- The Company and Kisan Sangh meet and draw up a contract for the sale of cane to the Company.
- The Company provide lease on its land in a legal way and each block of land not be less than 16 acres (65,000 m2).
- The Company allow the farmers to plant rice.
When the Company refused to negotiate with the Kisan Sangh, a deputation met the Governor and informed him of the farmers’ plight.
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