Monday, April 24 2006 10:10 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Kathmandu: Vowing to end autocracy and restore full democracy in Nepal, the Seven Party Alliance yesterday (Apr 23, 2006) announced an anti-King rally around the Ring road in the Himalayan Kingdom on Tuesday.

The rally will move around the Ring road covering three cities Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur, NC (Democratic) acting President Gopalman Shrestha told sources.

"Top leaders of the agitating parties including Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal and Nepali Congress (Democratic) President Sher Bahadur Deuba will stand at seven corners of the Ring Road and move around," he added.

This will be an historic gathering of people, he said, adding "We will show our popular strength on that day".

The Alliance has rejected the King's offer for Prime Minister and to form a government saying it was "not enough to address the people's sentiments...The King, who had deceived on several occasions in the past, cannot be relied upon".

CPN-UML senior politburo member Jhalanath Khanal said the demonstrations will continue until the Parliament is resinstated and the constituent assembly elections held.

Police fired rubber bullets today to ensure demonstrators remained beyond Kathmandu's ring road during an 10-hour curfew and away from King Gyanendra's palace as security forces find it hard to quell almost three weeks of protests.

"The democratic republic has reached up to the capital's ring road and now it moves to the royal palace," senior UML leader Bamdev Gautam said, adding, "We have sacrificed many friends to end the monarchy in Nepal. We are ready to sacrifice hundreds of lives".