Mohi farmers of Swargadwari Guthi again agitated

The farmers who gathered in the number of hundreds went around the market and reached the district administration office and handed over the notice. Chief District Officer Rambandhu Subedi assured that the farmers' demands will be sent to the concerned authorities. Mohi farmers staged a dharna for a long time in front of the district administration office last February. In the end, they organized a program to surround the Malpot and Napi office.

During the clashes during the siege of the office, the police fired lathicharge and tear gas. From which 12 Mohi farmers were injured. Prabhu Choudhary, the coordinator of Guthipidit Mohi Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, said that after the government promised to fulfill the demand, the protest resumed. "The government made an agreement with us several times but did not implement it," he said, "we were waiting for the government to do something." When the demand is not met, we have started the movement again.

Due to legal complications, the land of Guthi Swargadwari Ashram, an important religious and touristic place in Nepal, remains under dual ownership. The Supreme Court has ordered that the land of the Ashram cannot be fragmented because Swargadwari Guthi is a private Guthi of a special nature. Mohi Kisan is demanding justice with evidence of Mohipurja.

Co-secretary of Mohi Kisan Sangharsh Samiti Praveen Choudhary said that after not getting justice for a long time, he had to embark on a lockout and sit-in program. He said that they have been plowing the land for three generations and even though there is proof that Mohi rights have been maintained, they have not been given the right until now. "The government has only forgotten us. They assure us that we will meet the demand and make them stop the movement," he said. "After the movement is stopped, nothing is thought about us. Chaudhary said that out of 1034 bigha 17 kattha 7 dhur land of Swargadwari ashram, mohi is still in 753 bigha land. In the beginning, there were 289 Mohi Kisan households, but now, as new houses are broken down, they have reached 3,050 households. Chaudhary said that more than 15,000 members are dependent on them.

On 14th Chait 2062, the Supreme Court ruled that the Swargadwari Guthi is a private Guthi of a special nature and issued an injunction that the land registered in the name of the Ashram should not be fragmented or misappropriated in any way so as to harm the autonomy of the Ashram. The bench of Judges Ram Prasad Shrestha and Damodar Prasad Sharma ordered that no interference should be made in the land purchased with the money of Mahaprabhu Hansananda Giri of Swargadwari Ashram so that the homadi work of the Yagya would not be disrupted.

Mohi Kisan has demanded that Swargadwari Guthi should be mentioned as a private Guthi of a special nature in the Guthi Bill, instead of looking at all the Guthi from the same point of view. Political parties have made commitments and solidarity to end this confusion. Secretary of Mohi Kisan Sangharsh Samiti Bharatraj Giri said that the movement had to be continued because the leaders had made commitments but could not fulfill them.

Mohi farmers protested for more than a month since February 8. They staged a dharna on the street in front of the district administration office for a long time. In the end, the protest was suspended after the government promised to address the demand. Guthi-affected farmers held a national conference on May 24 and 25 in Ghorahi and issued a 9-point manifesto. The

conference should have a meaningful dialogue with Guthi farmers and introduce a Guthi-related law as soon as possible. demanded.

Likewise, the farmers who have built houses and lived on Guthi land for generations should be provided housing and farming based on their residence, arrangements should be made to pay the kut paid by the Guthi farmers, rakes and rakes should be made and delivered to the ward, the landowners should cancel the evidence and provide the rakers and the production-oriented users should take the property of the looted Guthi land. The demand to adopt the policy was passed by the conference. Swargadwari Ashram has land in 12 places in Deukhuri, Ghorahi and Tulsipur areas.