'But you need to break an egg to have an omelet,' he said. 'You also need two hands to clap,' he said, adding thus far none from the movement had come forward to hold talks with the government.

The official's remarks came against the backdrop of Chidambaram's comments that the government will not deploy the regular army for surgical strikes on Maoists but could use special forces like paramilitary commandoes to supplement the efforts of the local police.

The comments also came a day after Delhi Police said they had nabbed Kobad Gandhi, a politburo member of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist, who was educated at the Doon School and trained as an accountant in Britain.