Chief Minister of the Indian state of Ch

Chief Minister of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh arrives to meet Union Home MInister P. Chidambaram at The Home Ministry in New Delhi on May 20, 2010. Terming Naxals as the biggest terrorists, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said that there cannot be a "soft line" to deal with Maoists but disfavoured use of air power to combat the menace. Attributing the recent spur in the Naxal violence to frontal operations by the security forces in the state, Singh favoured a long-term action joint action plan with the Centre to tackle the problem. AFP PHOTO/Prakash SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)