<p class="title">The opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu Monday extended support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 'fight' to "save democracy" amid her ongoing face-off with the Centre and the CBI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DMK President MK Stalin nominated his sister and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi to meet Banerjee in Kolkata, where she is on a sit-in against the Centre, and extend support.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stalin spoke to the TMC supremo over the phone and wished her success in her ongoing protest, the party said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a dramatic showdown with the Centre, Banerjee embarked on a sit-in Sunday night to protest against the "insults" she faced at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She went on the protest hours after a CBI team that had gone to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with chit fund scams was detained in a rare face-off between the police establishments of the Centre and the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Monday, the DMK said Stalin spoke to Banerjee over the phone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"DMK President @mkstalin spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister @MamataOfficial over the phone and wished her success in the protest she has been holding since last night," a tweet in Tamil said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stalin told her that his party will always stand by "struggles in support of regional autonomy", it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Party sources said Kanimozhi has been deputed to extend support to Banerjee in person.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Stalin tweeted his party will support the TMC chief in her 'fight' to "save democracy."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The independence of every institution has been compromised under this fascist BJP Government. I stand with @MamataOfficial Didi in her fight to protect the federal structure of this country and to save democracy. #SaveDemocracy," he said in the tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stalin, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, had attended a mega rally organised by Banerjee in Kolkata last month against the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Most of the opposition leaders including Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Delhi, N Chandrababu Naidu and Arvind Kejriwal respectively have backed Banerjee on the issue.</p>
<p class="title">The opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu Monday extended support to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 'fight' to "save democracy" amid her ongoing face-off with the Centre and the CBI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DMK President MK Stalin nominated his sister and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi to meet Banerjee in Kolkata, where she is on a sit-in against the Centre, and extend support.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stalin spoke to the TMC supremo over the phone and wished her success in her ongoing protest, the party said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a dramatic showdown with the Centre, Banerjee embarked on a sit-in Sunday night to protest against the "insults" she faced at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She went on the protest hours after a CBI team that had gone to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with chit fund scams was detained in a rare face-off between the police establishments of the Centre and the state.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Monday, the DMK said Stalin spoke to Banerjee over the phone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"DMK President @mkstalin spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister @MamataOfficial over the phone and wished her success in the protest she has been holding since last night," a tweet in Tamil said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stalin told her that his party will always stand by "struggles in support of regional autonomy", it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Party sources said Kanimozhi has been deputed to extend support to Banerjee in person.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Stalin tweeted his party will support the TMC chief in her 'fight' to "save democracy."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The independence of every institution has been compromised under this fascist BJP Government. I stand with @MamataOfficial Didi in her fight to protect the federal structure of this country and to save democracy. #SaveDemocracy," he said in the tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stalin, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly, had attended a mega rally organised by Banerjee in Kolkata last month against the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Most of the opposition leaders including Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Delhi, N Chandrababu Naidu and Arvind Kejriwal respectively have backed Banerjee on the issue.</p>