As violence erupted in some parts of the country demanding separate states, the government today appealed for peace saying it was ready to listen "carefully" to everyone's grievances.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, however, ruled out the formation of a Second States Reorganisation Commission to consider the demands for separate statehood and made it clear that no commitment has been given to any organisation for creating any Union Territory.

It will be a year, this month, that Shinde took over as the home minister from P Chidambaram.