39 Mohi farmers from Dang have been on sit-in since January 20 at Maitighar Mandla in Kathmandu. Farmers who have acquired rights to the land of Swargadwari Ashram have reached Kathmandu demanding their rights to the land.

After protesting in Ghorahi for a long time, their demands were not heard, they reached Kathmandu to put pressure on the central government. They held various protest programs in Ghorahi from February 8 to Chait 7. During the protest, they slept on the streets, beat plates, plowed the streets and sat down day and night in front of the district administration office. The police lathicharged and teargassed Mohi farmers who went to surround the warehouse and surveyor's office. From which 12 Mohi farmers were injured.

Then the government promised to meet the demand through negotiations. After the talks held in the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation on 7th Chait, it was agreed to start the process of formulating a new integrated law on Guthi to address the demands of Swargadwari Guthi-affected farmers . The negotiation and study committee formed under the leadership of the joint secretary of the ministry, Krishna Prasad Sapkota, negotiated with Mohi Kisan and reached this agreement. During the talks, the then Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Balram Adhikari also expressed his commitment to end the illegal ownership of land by bringing a unified law on Guthi.

While the Mohi farmers were protesting in Ghorahi, the government formed a five-member dialogue and problem study committee under the coordination of Sapkota on February 17. The team reached Ghorahi on February 20 and conducted necessary discussions and studies. Based on the study of the committee, a discussion was held in the ministry.

Even after a month and a half of the agreement, after there was no implementation initiative, the aggrieved farmers held a national conference in Ghorahi on 24th and 25th of May and issued a 9-point manifesto. The conference demanded that a meaningful dialogue with Guthi farmers should be brought as soon as possible and a Guthi-related law should be brought as soon as possible.

In the same way, the conference passed the demand that farmers who have built houses and lived on Guthi land for generations should be provided with houses and sheds on the basis of their residence, arrangements should be made to submit the kut, tiro rakes and rakes paid by the Guthi farmers to the wards, the land owner proof parts should be canceled and the rake parts should be provided and the policy of using the looted Guthi land should be adopted. After the conference, they demonstrated in Ghorahi on August 26 and drew the attention of the government through the district administration office to implement the previous agreement. After the agreement was not implemented for a long time, from January 20, Mohi Kisan again participated in the movement centered on Kathmandu.

What is Mohi Jagga's problem? 

Swargadwari Ashram, whose main temple is in Swargadwari, Pyuthan, has land in 12 places in Deukhuri, Ghorahi and Tulsipur areas. The Mohiani right is in the name of the farmer who has been plowing the said land . There is a legal provision that farmers who have mohiani rights will get half of the land . But due to the legal complications, dual ownership of the land of Guthi Swargadwari Ashram, an important religious and touristic place in Nepal, has been maintained.

On the one hand, the Supreme Court has ordered that the Ashram's land cannot be fragmented because Swargadwari Guthi is a private Guthi of a special nature, and on the other hand, Mohi Kisan, the owner of the land, is demanding rights with evidence. They are protesting that they have been tilling the land for three generations and have not received the right even though there is proof that they have the Mohi right.

On 14 March 2062, Mohi Kisan was deprived of the right to land after the Supreme Court issued an order stating that 'Swargadwari Guthi is a private Guthi of a special nature and that the land registered in the name of the Ashram should not be fragmented and embezzled in any way in such a way as to affect the autonomy of the Ashram'. The bench of Judges Ram Prasad Shrestha and Damodar Prasad Sharma had ordered that no interference should be made in the land purchased with the money of Mahaprabhu Hansananda Giri of Swargadwari Ashram to prevent the destruction of the Homadi work.

Mohi farmers demand 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. In the bill that was stopped due to protests, the agitating farmers demand that Mohiani rights should be established on the land of Swargadwari Guthi and that the land should be distributed accordingly. 

Prabhu Choudhary, president of Swargadwari Guthi victim Mohi Kisan Sanghharsh Samiti, said that 753 bigha of the ashram's 1034 bigha 17 katha 7 dhur land is mohi. According to him, in the beginning 289 households were Mohi farmers. Now, as the new houses are falling apart, 3 thousand 5 households have reached . He said that more than 15 thousand members are dependent on it.

Farmers have repeatedly made demands to the top leaders of the government and political parties. "It has been a long time since we started protesting with the commitment, solidarity and agreement made by the government," Chowdhury said. The government must now listen to our voice.

Ashram's own problem

Vs. No. In 1982, Swargadwari 'Maha Prabhu' Hansananda Giri collected the offerings from the devotees and bought the ashram's land. There has been a dispute over land for a long time. After this dispute reached the court, the Supreme Court made the decision. Hari Adhikari, the chief administrative officer of the ashram, said that even after reaching the court and asking for justice, the land was not destroyed. "This matter has been decided even after reaching the court". But the problem was not solved . The movement of farmers is going on continuously,' he said, 'Ashram is ready to give rights to Mohi farmers, but for this, the government should provide a proper policy policy.'

According to him, although there are real Mohi farmers in some lands, some lands have been encroached upon by other people. Mohi farmers are also consuming more land than they should get for Mohi . He says that many people do not pay regularly for consumption. Some lands have been occupied since they were occupied during the Maoist war until now. The official said that the Ashram has not been able to get income from the land for 28 years.

As the income of the land has stopped, the regular work of the ashram has been affected. The ashram is calculating the income of the land it should get. So far, 25,410 quintals of paddy and 5,852 quintals of mustard have yet to be received for land income, the official said. According to the official, the ashram spends 15 crores annually. Out of which 45 million is spent on employee salaries, 30 million on cow rearing, 35 million on worship and 40 million on food. 

Ashram has 35 priests, 65 cowherds, 35 warehouse and hospice workers, 15 office workers, 10 guru teachers, 20 saints, 60 other workers and 98 residential students. He said that the annual income of the

ashram from various sources is only 62 million rupees. 5 crores from donation letters, offerings, 50 lakhs from Dharamshala, 55 lakhs from land rent and 15 lakhs from cattle crops. The official said that insufficient expenses are being managed by taking loans. "Although we have thousands of bighas of land, we have not been able to get income," he said. It is sad to run the ashram.'

Every year thousands of devotees come from Nepal and India to visit the Swargadwari temple of the ashram. Regular Homa and Maha Yagya are conducted in the ashram. Cow rearing and Gurukul teaching are also being conducted. After a long-standing problem with the land, the meeting of the ashram management committee held on 15 January 2080 constituted a nine-member committee under the coordination of Brahmachari Vasudev Bhattarai to submit opinions and suggestions regarding the proper disposal of the dual ownership of the ashram land in consultation with legal experts and related experts. The