The Government today dismissed as baseless reports that Taliban militants are being pushed into Jammu and Kashmir to foment terror. Reacting to media reports in this regard, the Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram said in Mumbai that security forces are ready to deal with any situation. He said, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have been doing a good job and the forces are now being readying to take the frontline job of tackling the militants. <br/><br/>Talking tough a day after the beheading of a Jharkhand police officer, Mr. Chidambaram said the security forces will engage the Maoists till they abjure violence. He said as long as the CPI (Maoists) believes in an armed liberation struggle, the government has no option but to ask security forces to arrest them. Mr. Chidambaram said the government does not consider the Naxalite confrontation as a war. He said the naxalites or CPI (Maoists) must give up violence and take the path of democracy and dialogue. The Home Minister said the Centre would help the state governments to discuss with the CPI (Maoists) all issues concerned to them including developmental issues. He said the state where violence stalks, no development is possible and violence was completely unacceptable in a democracy and a republic. <br/><br/>Earlier, Mr. Chidambaram slammed the Maharashtra Nav Nirman sena for its anti-migrant politics, saying the outsider campaign will be rejected by the people. Appealing to the people of Maharashtra to vote for Congress-NCP Alliance, Mr. Chidambaram claimed that the new government will provide a safer and most secure Maharashtra. He said, it was because of the high growth of Maharashtra that India achieved a growth rate of nine per cent and promised all help to the state to maintain its high growth path.