The Village by the Sea (By Anita Desai)

The book, entitled "The Village by the Sea" is used as a literature book during language arts lesson in my school. I would like to share about my favourite part in the story. My favourite part of the story was the part where Adarkar brought the people from Alibagh and Thul to Bombay, and he just selected five of them to talk to the Chief Minister. It was kind of ironic because in the first place, he should not have brought so many people there in the first place. But why did he bring so many people to Bombay? He wanted to make himself look like he has many supporters and he would appear powerful? Only the author know the answer.