Virudhunagar, June 9 -- DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu minister Thangam Thennarasu on Tuesday said that remarks made by DMK president MK Stalin about the functioning of the state government were being "distorted" and reiterated that the party was not seeking the dissolution or toppling of the government.

In an official statement, Thennarasu, who is also the Virudhunagar North District Secretary of the DMK, said Stalin's recent comments had been misrepresented as a prediction that the government would collapse within three months.

According to the statement, Stalin had earlier maintained that the DMK would not criticise the newly elected government for six months. However, Thennarasu said the opposition party was compelled to raise con...