<br/>Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that the government will consider the option of withdrawing the deployment of the army from the valley after the Martyrs' Day on Tuesday. The day is commemorated in memory of those who died fighting the Dogra rule. He said, the situation as of now is well under control.<br/><br/>In an interview to PTI, Omar said, even now the army has not been brought into the city and it is only in the periphery. Asking political parties to stop playing divisive role, the Chief Minister said the decision of seeking army's help was taken after thorough consultations with coalition partners, cabinet ministers and Central authorities in a bid to prevent any further loss of innocent lives. He has convened an all-party meeting in Srinagar on Monday to discuss the present situation.<br/><br/> In a related development, Union Minister and father of Omar, Farooq Abdullah on Saturday met Home Minister P Chidambaram and discussed the prevailing situation in the Kashmir Valley.<br/><br/> Meanwhile, the situation in the valley is gradually improving and with relaxation in curfew in large part, the peace has prevailed during last 60 hours. Curfew is now imposed in Pulwama and Sopore towns only while as prohibitory orders are being enforced in Anantnag and Baramula towns and also the Maisuma area of Srinagar city. More from AIR correspondent:<br/><br/> ‘The CPI(M) has demanded the Prime Minister to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the issue and arrive at a common consensus to resolve the issue. Addressing the media in Hyderabad, party leader Sitaram Yechury said that Dr Manmohan Singh should take the initiative and start the dialogue process with various groups to restore peace and normalcy in the strife-hit state. He claimed that the current turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir is because of the Centre's failure to keep its promises given to the Kashmiri youth.<br/><br/> On the other hand, Congress backed the Jammu and Kashmir Government's handling of the situation in the Valley and asked all stakeholders in the state to walk the extra mile to bring normalcy there. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari said in New Delhi that Congress has always maintained that the Jammu and Kashmir has gone through repeated cycles of violence essentially instigated by those forces, who do not want peace and normalcy to return to the state.’