Omar meets Army chief after meeting PM

NEW DELHI: On Tuesday Jammu &Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Army chief General V K Singh over the partial withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from two to four districts in the strife-torn state.

Earlier on Monday, Abdullah met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chief Sonia Gandhi, Union home minister P Chidambaram and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to discuss withdrawal of the military law from some parts of the state.

However PM assured Omar Abdullah to wait for a few months before rushing into partial revocation of the AFSPA in his state.