 The Labour Party's lack of a clear-cut reform agenda left a vacuum, which Jagan rapidly moved to fill.Turmoil on the colony's sugar plantations gave him an opportunity to achieve national standing.After the June 16, 1948 police shootings of five Indo-Guyanese workers at Enmore, close to Georgetown, the PAC and the Guiana Industrial Workers' Union (GIWU) organized a large and peaceful demonstration, which clearly enhanced Jagan's standing with the Indo-Guyanese population.