Chennai, May 15 -- Strongly condemning the Union Government's Presidential reference that attempts to subvert the Constitutional position settled by the Supreme Court in the Tamil Nadu 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 despera...