In a flip-flop,DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday made a veiled threat of pulling out of the UPA government but shortly later said his party wont rock the government in view of the Presidential polls.
Addressing a meeting here to protest the hike in petrol price,he lashed out at the Centre and said when his partys principles were trampled upon during earlier alliances,he had not hesitated to walk out of the coalition,whether it be the V P Singh Cabinet or the BJP-led NDA.
We have never hesitated to raise voice of opposition whenever the basic principles were hurt and if we cannot solve it by being an ally,we have not hesitated to come out and uphold those principles, he said.
With the threat causing ripples,he later resorted to damage control,saying he had only recalled how DMK had been forced to walk out of alliances in the past. It is the time of Presidential polls. So we will not create a crisis for the government. We will remain in the alliance with bitterness, he said.