Maoists are obstructing development:
Maoists are ``obstructing'' the development of India, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Sunday after unfurling the national flag on the 64th Independence Day celebrations here.
New Delhi, March 31 Saying that Maoists needed to be dealt with ``firmly and boldly'', union Home Minister P. Chidambaram cautioned sympathisers of the left wing extremists against having any ``illusions about their motives and methods''.