Maoists are cowards, devils:
Kolkata Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee hit out at Maoists groups operating in the state and said, ``Maoists are cowards and devils, who are running their operations from the neighbouring Jharkhand.''
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''.