Seeking ways to defuse the three -month unrest in Kashmir Valley, an all-party delegation led by Home Minister P Chidambaram commenced a series of meetings in Srinagar. The delegation already met the leaders of the ruling National Conference. It will also be attended by PDP but without its chief Mehbooba Mufti, while separatists are staying away. The team, which arrived in Srinagar on a crucial two-day visit to assess the ground situation, was received by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, as curfew remained clamped in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. PDP's Mehbooba Mufti will not be meeting the delegation, but party's General Secretary Mohd Dilawar Meer will be accompanied by 14 party members. Some members of the 42-member delegation are likely to call on hardline Hurriyat leader Sye Ali Shah Geelani at his Hyderpora residence. The Delegation will also hold discussions with representatives of trade unions, civil society and student organizations to find solution to the current crisis. Leaders of the prominent political parties including Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley of the BJP, Basudev Acharia and Sitaram Yechury of the CPI(M), Gurudas Das Gupta of the CPI and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav are part of the delegation. The Central Government has sent invitations to all political parties and groups including two factions of Hurriyat and JKLF.