The supporters were waiting for a speech by Bakiyev who made his first public appearance Monday since being toppled in protests that left at least 81 people dead and established an interim government in the capital Bishkek.
Bakiyev has defiantly dismissed the new authorities as "gangsters" and said he will not be intimidated by warnings he faces arrest, insisting he is still president of the country.The standoff has raised fears that ex-Soviet Central Asia's most volatile country faces a prolonged political crisis at a time when the state coffers are virtually empty.
Bakiyev fled the capital on April 7 but still appears to enjoy considerable support in Jalalabad and other towns in the region.
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