Chennai, May 27 -- As the war of words between the Opposition AIADMK and the ruling DMK continued over his attendance at the NITI Aayog meet in Delhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday reiterated that he neither carried a white flag or saffron flag with him.

Slamming Opposition leader and AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for his oft-repeated charge that he attended the NITI Ayog meeting waving the white flag out of fear due to the recent ED raids at TASMAC, Mr Stalin said he had neither carried the white flag or a saffron flag as the one he (EPS) has.

Since Mr Palaniswami could not find fault with the DMK's Dravidian Model governance, he was harping on the same issue, he added.

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