They also made it clear that the movement will not come to an end unless their demand for a constituent assembly is fulfilled.

Gathered at the Reporters' Club in Kathmandu, the leaders said the demand and agenda of the movement was clear.

Nepali Congress (NC) joint general secretary Ram Saran Mahat said they will not give up unless the sovereign rights are restored to the people.

He also rubbished the government charges that the anti-government forces have controlled the reins of the ongoing movement.

NC (Democratic) general secretary Prakash Man Singh expressed the determination of giving continuity to the movement unless the movement compels the concerned to go for a constituent assembly.

Claiming that the movement was nearing the decisive moment, general secretary of the Janamorcha Nepal Navaraj Subedi said that they will challenge all obstacles and conspiracies, including curfew coming the way.

He also urged the guerrillas to announce nationwide cease-fire and rubbished government claim of guerrillas infiltration in the movement.

The Nepali government declared a seven-hour curfew in the capital Kathmandu Valley on Monday beginning from 11:00 a.m. local time (0515 GMT).

This is the third day that the Nepali government imposed curfew in the valley in order to maintain law and order.

Demonstrator defied the government-clamped curfew in various parts of the country and staged anti-government demonstrations.

Security personnel used force to quell the demonstrations, firing rubber bullets and baton-charging the protesters. Some of the protesters were injured.