DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday threatened to pull out of the UPA government over the petrol price hike but later did a quick U-turn, said reports.
Shortly after he made the threat while leading protests against rising prices, the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister told reporters that he had not threatened to quit the Congress-led UPA.
Speaking at the DMK office, he said he never said he would leave the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and added that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was looking into the issue of fuel prices.
On Wednesday morning Karunanidhi threatened of pulling out of the alliance on the issue of the 'atrocious' petrol price hike, saying the party had never hesitated to do so earlier respecting people's sentiments.