Stalin condemns Centre's Prez reference, urges non-BJP ruled states to join legal struggle

Strongly condemning the Union Government's Presidential reference that attempts to subvert the Constitutional position settled by the Supreme Court in the Tamil Nadu

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Governor's case, Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Thursday said it poses a clear exigent to State autonomy and urged the all non-BJP ruled to join this legal struggle to defend the Constitution.

Stating that the country stands at a critical juncture, he said the questions raised in the reference reveal the BJP-led Union Government's sinister intent to distort the Constitution’s basic distribution of powers and incapacitate the State Legislatures dominated by opposition parties.

It poses a clear exigent threat to State autonomy and a desperate attempt to weaken democratically elected State Governments by placing them under the control of Governors serving as agents of the Union Government. It also directly challenges the majesty of law and the authority of the Supreme Court as the final interpreter of the Constitution.