Thousands of protesting farmers were joined by the CPI at Azad Maidan yesterday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

Yesterday, the city woke not to Monday morning blues, but a sea of red, as the city's Communist comrades joined forces with the state's farmers at Azad Maidan. Earlier, Prakash Reddy secretariat member of the Maharashtra wing of the Communist Party of India (CPI) had stated that, "We, a sizeable number from the Left in Mumbai wanted to be at Lalbaug, near the old Morarji Mills, quite close to Bharatmata theatre, to welcome the farmers."