Human rights groups in Nepal have announced plans to defy the rule of King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.
The human rights activists claimed that they could not remain silent and dared the King to "fill the jails".
The leaders of 24 rights groups and professional bodies have said that they plan to bring their supporters onto the streets on Thursday outside a complex housing the prime minister's office and the Parliament.
But with communications difficult, it is not clear how many people would eventually join the protest.
There have been no major public demonstrations in Nepal since King Gyanendra assumed power on last Tuesday and ordered extra troops, police and armoured cars to patrol the streets.
The Sher Bahadur Deuba government's failure to make progress in ending a Maoist rebellion that has resulted in the deaths of over 11,000 people was one of the reasons the King gave for his sudden move.
"We are going to oppose the royal move, this dictatorial regime," said Krishna Pahadi, a leader of the Human Rights and Peace Society.
{{/usCountry}}"We are going to oppose the royal move, this dictatorial regime," said Krishna Pahadi, a leader of the Human Rights and Peace Society.
{{/usCountry}}Rights groups have termed the King's move as a military takeover and called on foreign governments which prop up the kingdom with aid and military help to force him to restore democracy.
They want an immediate end to all foreign assistance for the poorly equipped Royal Nepal Army, locked in a battle with the Maoist rebels fighting for nine years to topple the monarchy.
"The people have a problem with this king. He is not a god. He is a killer," said Usha Titikshu, a photo journalist and a rights activist.
In Nepal, one of the world's poorest nations, the monarch is revered as a reincarnation of the Hindu god, Vishnu.
Meanwhile, The Kathmandu Post quoted Culture and Aviation Minister Buddhiraj Bajracharya as saying the government would soon form a committee "that will hold a dialogue with the Maoists soon. Now they should come for dialogue without any condition."
The Maoists have condemned the king's sudden assumption of power as "the last writhing of the feudal autocracy" and called for an indefinite blockade and traffic strike throughout Nepal from Feb. 13, the ninth anniversary of the start of their insurgency.