 The CSR controlled the farmers through the "sardars", and so Ayodhya Prasad put up candidates in the election for sardars and won most of these positions.Most sardars then took advice from the Kisan Sangh on receiving any Company directive.On seeing the strength of the Kisan Sangh, the Company started issuing statements with cane payments and circulated a contract for the next season's crop, both of which were original Kisan Sangh demands.