West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday called her Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin and expressed solidarity with the ruling DMK for its initiatives against the "undemocratic functioning" of governors in non-BJP states.

The Tamil Nadu CM said Banerjee suggested that the chief ministers of all opposition-ruled states meet and decide on the next course of action.

"Hon WB CM @MamataOfficial spoke to me over phone to express her solidarity & admiration for our initiatives against the undemocratic functioning of Governors in non-BJP ruled states & suggested that all the Opposition CMs meet to decide the next course of action," Stalin said in a tweet.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly recently passed a resolution seeking to fix a time frame for governors to give their nod to state laws, and Stalin has written to CMs of non-BJP dispensaries to do the same in their respective states. In his letter, Stalin claimed that Indian democracy today "stands at a crossroads" and that "we are increasingly witnessing the disappearance of cooperative federalism".

Before Mamata Banerjee, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan discussed the issue with Stalin. While Kejriwal said his government would do so in the next assembly session, Vijayan said his government would consider Stalin's proposal with "utmost seriousness".