Dmk Pullout Threat

Karuna's dramatic U-turn: Says he never threatened to quit

Hours after making a statement that he would pull out of the UPA government if it continued with its anti-people policies, DMK leader Karunanidhi backtracked saying that he never threatened to quit.

Cong plays down DMK threat, says hike unavoidable

The Congress party has said that it understood that its allies were upset, but refused to see Karunanidhi's statement as a threat.