External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met leaders of a key Madhesi party in Nepal on 11 August, during which they discussed the latest political situation in the country.
Swaraj met a delegation of the Rashtriya Janta Party Nepal (RJPN), led by Mahant Thakur, convener of the party, and other senior leaders, including Rajendra Mahato, Mahendra Raya Yadav, Sharad Singh Bhandari, and Ani Kumar Jha.
During the meeting, they discussed the latest political situation, the upcoming third phase of local-level elections, and the demands of the Madhesi people, which the party has been advocating for the past couple of years.
The Madhesi party has been launching agitations to press their demands that include re-demarcation of the provincial borders and citizenship issues.
Madhesis, mostly of Indian-origin, launched a prolonged agitation between September 2015 and February last year against the implementation of the new Constitution, which they felt marginalised the Terai community.
(With inputs from PTI)
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