A day after Maoists released Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Friday said no hardcore insurgents would be released and rubbished suggestions of a clandestine deal. Speaking to TOI, Singh said, "There is not a word in the agreement (signed between mediators named by the state government and Maoists) that hardcore Naxalites would be released. We will stick to every word of the agreement. Nothing more, nothing less."