Dang, Feb. 21 -- The tenant farmers cultivating land under the Swargadwari Guthi have warned of boycotting the House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5 unless political parties make a written commitment to address their long-standing demands.

The farmers, who claim tenancy rights over land owned by the Swargadwari Ashram, complain that repeated assurances from successive governments have yielded no tangible outcome.

"We have submitted our demands to the government and all major political parties several times," said Prabin Chaudhary, spokesperson for the Swargadwari Guthi Victims Tenant Farmers' Struggle Committee. "Yet there is no seriousness in addressing the problem. Our issues are not even mentioned in the parties' e...