In the wake of the 12-day hostage crises that ended after the release of Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh sought a national policy to deal with such situations. "There has to be a national policy to deal with hostage crises. I will ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in tomorrow's meeting to call all chief ministers to discuss it. There is a need to discuss it briefly", Singh said. Stressing that Naxalism is not a state-specific problem, the chief minister said, a national policy can help in tackling the situation in all the affected states. "I feel there is a need to initiate a policy at the
national level. Maoism is not a state problem. It is a problem of the country", he said.