The announcement of the municipal poll was a ploy to fool the international community, which is pressurizing the King to restore democracy.

We call upon all our friendly countries and international communities to halt all type of military assistance including providing weapons.

The policemen followed them in a white van and one of them fired at the activists from close distance, but they managed to escape unhurt.

We refuse to accept the results from these so-called elections.

The seven parties today asked Maoists not to conduct any violent activity directed against the general public even if they broke ceasefire.

We have instructed all our supporters and cadres to go the polling stations in their areas and do whatever they can to stop voting.

We were successful in foiling the king's plans to hold municipal elections earlier this month. Now our focus will be to come up with plans to force the king to give up power he grabbed.

We refuse to accept the results from these so-called elections. We will not accept (the winners) as representatives of the people and will not allow them to take their positions.