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4.23: ANOTHER DAY OF MASS PROTESTS..
ANOTHER DAY OF CURFEW..
ANOTHER DAY OF CLASHES WITH THE "SECURITY" FORCES

According to BBC WORLD yesterday again ten of thousands protesters took the streets of Kathmanu, ignored the curfew and demanded a real democratic republic.
Once again tanks and heavy armed police ans soldiers clashed with thousands of demonstrators.

It seems that the movement will not give up until Gyanendra will give up his power. Before yesterday BBC World already said: "THE MONARCHY IS FINISHED."
The most of the protesters are now demanding that "the king must give up the complete power and have to go to exile", so the BBC's correspondent.

PS.. to the protests from Sat.: according to the German newspaper TAZ(4.22) all across Nepal around 5,000,000 protesters took the streets. Alone in Kathmandu between 300,000 and 500,000 people from all parts of the society joined the demonstrations and battles.

The latest news... the SPA, including the NCP.M are planning for the coming Tuesday a HUGE NATIONWIDE DEMONSTRATION against the kingdom... perhaps this might be the pre.play for the final battle...

Here the latest from the bourgeois... blabla... you already know...

eKantipur..

Demonstrations against royal address intensifies nationwide

Saying that the April 21 royal address didn't accommodate the chief demand of the pro-democracy movement, protesters Sunday continued to stage demonstrations across the nation.

The demonstrators also cautioned the seven-party alliance (SPA) leadership to march ahead towards the movement’s goal without any compromise with the King.

A massive demonstration was held at Damak, Jhapa with more than 800,000 participating from various parts of the town. The demonstrators also organized a mass-gathering there.

In Morang, pro-democracy protesters staged separate anti-king demonstrations at Mills area, Tankesunuwori, Devkota Chowk, Hath Khola, Okhariya, Bargachi, Bus Park, and Sanihath, among other places. Labourers took out separate rallies from Millsarea and Tankesunuwori. Madhesi People's Rights Forum and Adibasi Janajati Andolan also urged the SPA leaders to take the movement to a targeted goal without any compromise.

In Ilam, a huge demonstration was held at district headquarters Ilam bazaar with the participation of more than 20,000 people. People from various remote villages in the district gathered at the district headquarters to participate in the demonstration.

Thousands of farmers at Inaruwa, Sunsari took out a pro-democracy rally carrying agricultural tools. Likewise, a similar rally was taken out at Itahari as well.

Meanwhile, some 250 students of SOS Children Village, Itahari and Biratnagar today decided to give Rs. 30,000 (amount equivalent to a day’s expenditure for each student).

Students in Siraha took out a whistle rally while the students in Mirchaiya staged a cycle rally.

The largest ever rally with 100,000 people participating was taken out at Malangawa in Sarlahi.

In Udaypur, separate pro-democracy rallies were taken out at Gaighat, Beltar, Rampur and Katari. The labourers of Udaypur Cement Factory also contributed Rs. 20,000 to the victims of Janaandolan.

In Okhaldhunga, thousands of people from various villages organized a pro-democracy cultural programme. The government employees also stopped their operations today.

Similar anti-king demonstrations were staged at Myangulng of Terhathum, Khandbari of Sankhuwasabha, Pithim of Panchthar, Diktel of Khotang, Bhojpur, Taplejung, Ramechhap, Sindhupalchowk, Palpa, Damauli, Rupanedehi, Janakpur, Parbat, Lamjung, Bardiya, Charikot, Kavre, Dhangadi and Dhankuta, Rasuwa, among other places.

In Nuwakot, the SPA took out a huge rally. The protesters vandalized three government offices at the district headquarters Bidur.

In the meantime, more than 250,000 people from Rolpa, Pyuthan and Salyan district of Rapti zone today gathered at Ghorahi, the district headquarters of Dang, after a three-day-long walk, and staged pro-democracy demonstrations.

In Kalikot, women protestors staged a pro-democracy cultural programme at Manma, the district headquarters.

Top SPA leaders to spearhead Tuesday's demonstration in capital

The agitating seven-party alliance (SPA) on Sunday decided to stage a "huge" political showdown, which will be led by the top brass leaders of the alliance, in the capital on Tuesday.

The SPA also claimed that over two million people will participate in the Ring Road-centred demonstration.

This is the first demonstration to be held under the leadership of the top SPA leaders since the alliance-called nationwide general strike began on April 6.

A meeting of the SPA's People's Movement Central Coordination Committee held in the capital today decided that Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala will spearhead the demonstration from Maharajgunj, CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal will lead from Kalanki and NC-D President Sher Bahadur Deuba from Gongabu.

Likewise, President of Jana Morcha Nepal, Amik Serchan will lead the demonstration from Satdobato, Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party's president Narayan Man Bijukchhe from Koteshwor, Bharat Bimal Yadav, vice-chairman of Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandidevi), from Sita Paila and Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar, president of Samyukta Bam Morcha will lead from Chabahil.

In spite of the government-clamped curfew, the SPA had successfully staged its Ring Road picketing programme.

The SPA also appealed to all to participate in Tuesday's demonstrations.

Meanwhile, at least three protesters were injured when security men opened fire on a demonstration against the royal proclamation at Koteshwor, Kathmandu Sunday afternoon.

The injured were taken to hospital for treatment.

The situation at Koteshwor turned tense after the firing on what was largely a peaceful demonstration.

Peaceful demonstrations were also held at Samakhusi. Hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators assembled at the Samakhusi chowk defying the curfew orders. A huge rally from Gongabu joined the demonstration there.

Large numbers of Royal Nepalese Army soldiers, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police personnel were deployed at Samakhusi but they did not intervene.

Similarly, extensive demonstrations were held at Chabahil, Gongabu, Sitapaila, Kalanki, Thankot, Kirtipur, Naya Baneshwor, Sorhakhutte and Thahity.

Demonstrations were also held in Patan's Mangalbazaar, Lubhu, Harisiddhi, Imadol, Godawari, Lamatar and Dhapakhel.

Bhaktapur's Kaushaltar, Kamalbinayak, Sallaghari, Suryabinayak, Dudhpokhari also witnessed peaceful demonstrations today.

There was heavy presence of security men on the major streets of Kathmandu.

In Dharan, thousands of activists affiliated to different women’s organisations took out a huge rally holding kitchen utensils and brooms, calling on the seven parties to continue with the general strike.

Official work at all government offices and state-owned enterprises in Dharan Municipality came to a halt as the employees continued their agitation, expressing solidarity with the ongoing general strike. They protested chanting slogans against the royal proclamation calling it “irrelevant and useless”.

Our Chitwan correspondent reported that a rally of thousands led by women was taken out in Narayangadh. The rally which began from the Shahid Chowk of Narayangadh marched through Chaubiskothi, District Police Office road, Bypass Road and Pulchowk. Thousands of villagers from the surrounding areas participated in the rally.

Similarly, students took out a rally ridiculing the royal proclamation in Dhankuta district headquarters. Blindfolding their eyes and plugging their ears with cotton swabs, they took out a “laughing rally” passing through different areas of the bazaar.