Oppose Prez reference to SC, Stalin to 8 CMs

Writes to CMs of non-BJP-ruled states to evolve strategy before SC & present united front to protect Constitution

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chennai

CHARGING that the BJP is attempting to unsettle the landmark judgment given by the Supreme Court on April 8, which could be invoked as a precedent by other States, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday called for unified legal resistance from the Chief Ministers of eight non-BJP-ruled states to protect the basic structure of the Constitution.

In his letter to the CMs of the states West Bengal, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Jharkhand, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir, Stalin urged them to oppose the May 13 Presidential Reference to the SC. "We must evolve a coordinated legal strategy before the court and present a united front to preserve and protect the basic structure of the Constitution, as upheld by our Supreme Court in its historic judgment. I look forward to your immediate intervention in this vital issue," he said.