 The people responsible for the formation of a second sugar cane farmers' union were A. D. Patel and Swami Rudrananda.The union was supported by the South Indian sugar cane farmers in Fiji.The Maha Sangh claimed that the 1940 sugar cane contract was not fair to cane farmers, and in 1943 its members went on strike supported by dissident members of the Kisan Sangh, led by Padri Mehar Singh and Ramcharan Singh.