And despite his belligerence yesterday in the light of Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda's ominous warning that the stalemate is cripping Thailand, Thaksin avoided entering the besieged Government House. Is he now a "prime minister in exile"?

Check out latest key developments in the unfolding political history on our real-time update:

7:50 pm: A DJ goes up on the stage at the Misakawan Intersection and turns the rally site into an open-air theque by opening rap songs with lyrics in criticism of Thaksin. Demonstrators rise up at the urge of the DJ to dance to the beat of the rap music.

7:00 pm: Manager Online reports that the villagers who arrive with the farm truck caravan and now rally at Chatuchak plan to move to Government House to clear a path for Thaksin to enter Government House.

6:30 pm: Suriyasai says the protest will stop if Thaksin agrees to resign.

5:30 pm: The number of demonstrators in support of Thaksin at Chatuchak Park grow to some 4,000.

5:15 pm: Suriyasai Katasila, a coordinator of the PAD, says the PAD declines to take the Thai Rak Thai's offer to participate in a live TV debate because it considers the debate is conditioned to provide legitimacy to Thaksin by tying the debate to the April 2 election. He says the PAD insists in its call for Thaksin to unconditionally resign.

4:30 pm: Chamlong Srimuang, a PAD decision maker, says the PAD would not stop its rally as demanded by the Thai Rak Thai as a condition for a live debate.

4:00 pm: Some 1,000 villagers led by Kamta Khaenboonchan have arrived at the Chatuchak Park to rally in support of Thaksin. They join a farm truck caravan from northeastern and northern provinces. They park their farm trucks in Pathum Thani and walk and ride pick-up trucks to the park.

Kamta says there are about 30,000 of them but 70 per cent of them get lost during the travel.

2:55 pm: A source from the PAD says PAD decision makers are holding an urgent meeting to discuss measures how to prevent farmers from provinces from seizing area in front of Government House to rally in support of Thaksin.

2:20: pm: Some 10,000 villagers from northern and northeastern provinces walk past the Thai Airways International head office on Vibhavadi Road heading to Chatuchak Park.

2:00 pm: Saiyudh Kerdphol, chairman of People's Network for Election, says the Thai Rak Thai Party agrees to join a TV live broadcast debate against the People's Alliance for Democracy and former opposition parties.

Saiyudh says the debate could take place on March 24 from 9 to 12 am at Thammasat University. He says the Thai Rak Thai wants the public to be allowed to ask questions so that voters could use the session to decide whether to vote for Thai Rak Thai or to mark abstention vote if they believe the other side. Details of how the debate would be held has yet to be worked out.

1:00 pm: Some PAD leaders lead students, civil servants and businessmen to march from Lumpini Park to the Singapore Embassy to protest against the takeover of Shin Corp by Temsek Holdings.

They also call on Singapore to stop using the Thai Air Force base in Udon Thani.

12:00 pm: Sondhi says police are asking the People's Alliance for Democracy to move demonstrators away from part of Rajdamnoen Avenue but the PDA has yet to make a decision on the issue.

10:35 am: Thaksin meet sugar cane planters in Kanchanburi and promises them to ensure that they will be able to sell sugar canes at the prices between Bt900 to Bt1,000 per tonnes.

Thaksin says he is willing to hold a talk with all sides but he will not attend a live TV debate. He says the University President Council of Thailand also invites representatives of all sides in the conflict to hold a talk and he will send representatives there.

10:30 am: Uthai Pimchaichon, former Parliament President, says Thaksin should resign because of ethics problem.

9:45 am: Thaksin, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit, Social Development and Human Security Minister Watana Muangsook and Deputy Interior Minister Sermsak Pongpanit, arrives at the Thamaka Sugar Co Ltd in Kanchanaburi's Thamaka district.

8:09 am: The announcers say the campaigns against Singapore lead to the cancellation of mobile phone subscription to Advanced Info Service by 11 per cent during the past week. They say about ten per cent more of AIS mobile phone users plan to stop using the services soon. They say all in all over 3 million AIS phone users will stop using the service.

8:04 am: Announcers say during the news talk show that the special programme of Muangthai Rai Supda or Thailand Weekly talk show of Sondhi Limthonkul and Sarocha Porn-udomsak will be held in front of Government House in the evening.

7:15 am: Kamta Daenboonchan, leader of the farm truck caravan, gives an interview to Sorrayuth Suthassanachinda in a live news talk show on Channel 3 that he will lead some 30,000 villagers to go to Government House to show moral support to Thaksin.

6:47 am: One of the three announcers, who hold the live news talk programme, reads an excerpt from Suthichai Yoon's Black Coffee column in Krungthep Turakij that one should avoid the trap of "neutrality". He quotes Suthichai as writing that those fail to make a stand point in this time of crisis are those without firm stand on goodness and badness and just want to stay aloof. People applaud.

6:30 am: Three announcers hold a live news talk programme on the stage at the Misakawan Intersection.

5:30 am: Manager Online reports that caravans of farm trucks to show support for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are due to reach Bangkok today. Thousands of them are scheduled to leave Pahtum Thani where they spend the night to Bangkok at 9 am.

3:00 am: Announcers inform remaining protesters that the amplifier systems have to be shut down for three hours to avoid being overheated. The protesters are asked to take a nap. Activities on stage will resume at 6 am.

2:15 am: Most protesters in front of Government House start leaving, but thousands remain at the rally site. People sit from the stage at the Misakawan Intersection to the Makkhawan Rangsan Bridge.