Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said, Government will consider the option of withdrawing deployment of the army from the valley after the Martyrs' Day on 13th of July. 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, deployed two days ago. 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. In a related development, Union Minister and father of Omar, Farooq Abdullah today met Home Minister P Chidambaram and discussed the prevailing situation in the Kashmir Valley.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, following fresh incidents of stone pelting and protests, athorities have reimposed curfew in Pulwama and Anantnag towns and also Maisuma area of Srinagar city. No one was injured in the incidents. The curfew was relaxed late last evening in view of the festival of Shabe Meraj. Curew is already continuing in Kakapora and Sopre towns and there were prohibitory orders in Baramulla town. Our Srinagar Correspondent reports that despite easing of curew restrictions by the authorities, the normal life in the valley continues to be disrupted.<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 politburo member 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 today backed 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.