The Fiji Cane Growers Association (FCGA) is a cane farmers' union established in 1992 by supporters of the National Federation Party (NFP).
It then came as no surprise when the NFP, which had decided to contest the May 1992 elections, tried to shore up its support amongst cane farmers by setting up a rival union, the FGCA.
This move paid dividends to the NFP as it won 14 of the 27 seats reserved for Indians in the House of Representatives and its leader, Jai Ram Reddy, became the Leader of the Opposition.
Following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état the military regime arbitrarily dismissed the chief executive of the council, Jagannath Sami.
[2] The military regime subsequently ignored a court order that he be reinstated.