Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday denied making a statement against the electronic media on Sunday. According to media reports, Mr. Shinde had threatened to "crush" elements in the electronic media who were indulging in false propaganda during a public function on Sunday. br br In an attempt to clarify his stand, Mr. Shinde said, "My comments were on social media with regards to the issue related to the north-east students who were being targeted in Hyderabad and Karnataka." he also categorically denied his attack on the electronic media. "I never said that the electronic media should be demolished o crushed," he is reported to have said.