Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli begins intensive consultations with ruling and opposition party leaders to find a solution to the Madhes crisis. He met UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who leads the talks team, three times on Wednesday. Oli told Dahal that he would not stand in the way of solution proposed by Dahal to split the disputed districts in order address the Madhesi demands, provided that Nepali Congress and agitating Madhesi parties agree to it, according to sources.