(i) All the political parties in the Parliament formed an alliance—Seven Party Alliance (SPA)—and called for four day strike in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.
(ii) The protests turned into indefinite strike in which Maoist and various organisations also joined hands.
(iii) People defied curfew and came to streets. More than lakhs of people gathered almost every day to demand restoration of democracy.
(iv) On 21 April, they served an ultimatum to the king and the leaders of the movement rejected the half-hearted concessions given by the king and stuck to their demand for restoration of parliament, power to all party government and a new constituent assembly.
(v) 24th April 2006 was the last day of the ultimatum; the king was forced to grant all the demands.
