The Home Minister Mr. P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the Government may have to reconsider the stand not to use the air force in the anti-naxal operations. He said, there will be no let-up in the offensive against the naxals, a day after 76 CRPF men were killed in a jungle ambush in Dantewada district in Chattisgarh in the country's biggest Maoist attack, Mr. Chidambaram also said there is no proposal to deploy Army for the anti-Naxal operations. The Minister said his government still believed that the state police backed by central paramilitary forces were sufficient to counter the Maoist threat. Maintaining that a "war" has been thrust on the government by the Maoists, the Home Minister said at this moment we must remain calm and hold our nerves in the fight to rid India of the grave threat of Maoists and to save democracy. He cautioned against any knee-jerk reaction to yesterday's savage Naxal attack.<br/><br/>Mr. Chidambaram, who flew to Jagdalpur in Chattisgarh to assess the situation, was speaking to reporters after he attended a sombre memorial ceremony for the slain CRPF men. In Ahmedabad, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik said, the IAF will be ready to join the operations against the Naxals if a decision is taken by the Government.