CHENNAI: A few hours after threatening to withdraw from the coalition government at the center if not reverse the rising price of gasoline, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday denied making such threats.Blaming the media for misrepresenting him, Karunanidhi told reporters press what he meant was that the DMK had not hesitated to take the ministry in the past when the Government of the Union address public issues. He said: "What I said is that we have gone in the past. I did not say I will now from the central government. It is an evil means.

With the presidential election around the corner, said the DMK would do nothing that shook the government of the UPA. "Instead, we will stay in the alliance with all the bitterness." He said the prime minister had assured the DMK was to examine the issue of rising gasoline prices.

Asked whether his party would leave if there is no roll back, Karunanidhi said: "I can not say today about what we do if the increase does not break. If we leave, then there is a crisis in the center and the communal forces seize the opportunity. not want to create a similar situation. 

Earlier in the day, speaking at a meeting organized by DMK to protest rising oil prices, M Karunanidhi had warned the Centre that the DMK could be forced to withdraw from the government if "anti-people policies," he continued. Leading the protest in Chennai, Karunanidhi said: "We have been in the coalition in the past with the BJP and VP Singh (Janata Dal) Despite being a part of the central government, DMK has not hesitated to stop unpopular measures. . is in that spirit we are conducting this agitation. we will sail to the center as long as possible. going to ask first, then raise our objections strongly. If no response, then you'll want to defend our pro-people policies and principles. the Centre should not give space to lead us to that point. 

A host of DMK leaders including K Anbazhagan, MK Stalin and former ministers took part in protests across the state against the central and state government.