AP Guv meets Shinde

Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan today met Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde against the backdrop of the Centre starting the process of bifurcation of the state and agitations in Seemandhra region.

"It was just a courtesy call," Narasimhan told reporters after meeting the Home Minister here.

Asked whether Telangana issue was discussed during the meeting, he declined to comment. "Nothing was discussed," he remarked.

Earlier, Narasimhan met Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram and AICC President Sonia Gandhi.

Agitations have been going on for over two months in the state against the move to divide it.