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Communist Party of India (Marxist) wide caput M.A. Baby dismissed arsenic “rumours” the claims that the DMK and the AIADMK were readying to forge an alliance to signifier the authorities successful the State.
Speaking to the media successful Madurai connected Saturday (May 9, 2026), helium said the people’s mandate was intelligibly successful favour of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which emerged arsenic the single-largest enactment successful the 2026 Assembly elections, though it was 11 seats abbreviated of a bulk for forming the government.
“The verdict was intelligibly against some the incumbent DMK authorities and the Opposition AIADMK,” helium added.
Even erstwhile Supreme Court verdicts and precedents were wide that the Governor should invitation the single-largest enactment to signifier the government, Mr. Baby alleged, Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was acting against the “time-tested antiauthoritarian practice.”
“It is nary of the concern of the Governor, arsenic per convention. In the 1990s, erstwhile erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was to signifier the government, helium neither had the bulk nor the numbers. Yet, the President gave the motion to signifier the government,” Mr. Baby recalled.
‘BJP manipulating governmental situation’
He stated that portion they were protesting the Governor’s move, they had besides go alert of the Union government’s attempts “to sabotage the people’s verdict by manipulating the governmental situation” successful the State. Reports emerged suggesting attempts to change the electoral verdict of the radical of Tamil Nadu and efforts to instal a BJP-backed government, helium alleged.
Consequently, aft consulting with its State Executive and State Committee, the CPI(M) wrote to the Governor urging him to invitation the single-largest party, the TVK, to signifier the government. The missive besides mentioned that CPI(M) MLAs were acceptable to connection support, helium said.
On reports of the DMK’s “attempts” to enactment the AIADMK successful forming the government, Mr. Baby, dismissing the claims, said: “We understood that arsenic a rumour. Even if the AIADMK was forming the government, it would request our [CPI(M)] enactment successful proving the majority. In specified a situation, we bash not privation to springiness abstraction to the AIADMK, which is portion of the NDA, to signifier a authorities done the backdoor,” helium asserted.
Mr. Baby stated that the determination was taken aft consultation with the party’s Politburo and that the DMK enactment was besides informed astir it.
When asked astir allegations regarding horse-trading, helium stated helium had nary accusation connected that, but claimed that the Governor’s actions were wherefore specified discussions were arising.
He alleged that the BJP mightiness spell arsenic acold arsenic bifurcating Tamil Nadu into 2 Union Territories if it is incapable to execute its governmental objectives.
