Onus of fighting Maoists lies with states:
Bhubaneswar, June 26 Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday that the onus of fighting the Maoists primarily lay with the states, though the central government would extend all help whenever necessary.
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''.