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Madhesi community refuses to budge, continues protests in Nepal
Birgunj, Dec 09 (ANI): Madhesi community has continued its demonstration, three months after a new Constitution was adopted by Nepal, amid stringent protests.The nascent republic, wedged between China and India, has been in turmoil since September when it adopted a new Constitution. People from 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 India for more than two months, leading to acute shortages of fuel and medicine in the country. Madhesis have called the seven-province model of the new Constitution discriminatory. The protesters said the economic blockade in the country would continue till their demands were met. Around 50 people have died in protests that began in September. Several rounds of negotiations between the government and protest leaders have failed amid differences over how to change the internal boundaries of newly created federa