Nepal's Madhesi leaders who are protesting against their newly adopted Constitution, held talks with JD (U) Chief Sharad Yadav to find a solution to the ongoing political crisis in Nepal. The nascent republic, wedged between China and India, has been in turmoil since September when it adopted a new constitution. People from the ethnic Madhesi groups living along the border with India, began protests saying Nepal's first republican charter did not accommodate their interests. Protesters have blockaded trucks from neighbouring India for more than two months, leading to acute shortages of fuel and medicine. Several rounds of negotiations between the government and protest leaders have failed amid differences over how to change the internal boundaries of newly created federal states.
