A meeting of the Nepali Seven Party Alliance's (SPA) task force held Sunday decided to bring more than 2 million people along the 27-km-long Ring Road in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

Central Committee member of the Communist Party Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist Rajendra Pandey, who is a task force member, told reporters that top leaders of the alliance will lead the peaceful rallies that are scheduled to march the Ring Road.

According to the alliance, the rallies will begin at 12:00 local time (0615 GMT). The alliance has called on all sections of the society to participate in the rallies.

Nepali King Gyanendra, who took full power in February 2005, announced Friday that he would give up political power to the people and asked the SPA to name a new prime minister.

As demonstrations against Friday's royal proclamation continued across the country for the third day Sunday, the authorities imposed day-time curfew and tightened security in the capital.

Meanwhile, the general strike called by the SPA has hit the normal life of people hard across Nepal.

A total halt in business and trade activities along with the disruption of transportation services since April 6 has made daily life difficult.

No vehicles plied on the roads and bazaars remained closed Sunday, the 18th consecutive day of the general strike.

Source: Xinhua