have protest in delhi that are the target of india s hindu nationalist government correspondent explains why they have taken center stage in a local election. i m rebecca ritter s welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel s conservatives are holding crisis talks with their coalition partner the social democrats to address nationwide outrage over the role of the far right in a german regional election earlier this week some regional c.d.u. lawmakers sided with a populist alternative for germany party to block the re-election of the left party incumbent instead installing a liberal premie a in the eastern state of. the shock political maneuver shattered a post-war consensus among mainstream german parties to shun extremist politics. it s been a tough few days for the leader of germany s conservative christian democrats or c.d.u. . could it. widely seen as chancellor angela merkel s protege has been caught in a political fiasco ever since her party s regional leader