Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has ruled out military action against the naxals saying state police and paramilitary forces alone will be deployed to fight them. He said this on his first visit to the heart of Naxal territory in West Bengal. <br/><br/>Mr. Chidambaram on Sunday visited Lalgarh in West Midnapore district for an assessment of the situation and review of the anti-Maoist drive. He told reporters after an hour-long meeting with top police and administrative officials in Lalgarh, that during discussions with Chief Minister in Kolkata, he has told Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee that the bucks stops with him and that talks can be held with Left-wing extremists if they abjure violence. If the buck does not stop, it is a failure of the administrative machinery," Chidamabaram said.<br/><br/>Referring to the violence involving Left and Trinamool activists, the Minister said he had told the chief minister that he wanted inter-party clashes to end.<br/><br/>Mr. Chidambaram termed the Naxals as cowards who are hiding in the forests and slammed them for using tribal group People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) as a front organisation. The PCPA has called a 24-hour bandh in West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura districts in protest against the Home Minister's visit to the area. <br/><br/>Expressing concern over the "direct or indirect" support to Naxals by PCPA, the Home Minister said if they have a genuine problem, he is willing to lend his good offices for ensuring talks between them and the state government. Mr. Chidambaram said, he has appealed to the villagers not to support the Maoists, which they were doing out of fear. He also said that intelligence reports suggest that Naxals are constantly regrouping to carry out low-intensity conflict and that there is a need for constant vigilance in the fight against them.