Chennai, Apr 20 (Reporter) Newly-elected CPI(M) National General Secretary and Former Kerala Minister M A Baby on Sunday termed as opportunistic, the revival of alliance between the BJP and AIADMK for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. He also exuded confidence that since the BJP and AIADMK had entered into an opportunistic alliance, people would vote for the DMK-led Front and further strengthen it. Talking to reporters after calling on Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin at the DMK Headquarters 'Anna Arivalayam' here, he said the BJP Government at the Centre headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been destroying the secular fabric, rights of Minorities and democratic rights under the guidance of the fascist RSS. "People of the country are seeing this", Mr Baby said, adding, the recent example was the affront on the rights of Minorities in the form of Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed in Parliament. Pointing out that the AIADMK, which voted against the Waqf Bill in Parliament, he said at the same time it has entered into an electoral alliance, which went against the interests of Minorities. Observing that the Supreme Court has passed serious comments against the Waqf Act, he said the Court had also observed that several clauses in the Act violated the rights guaranteed to Muslims under the Constitution. He also congratulated Mr Stalin for waging a legal battle and getting the historic verdict from the Supreme Court indicting the Governor over the delay in granting assent to the Ten Bills adopted in the State Assembly and protecting the rights of the State. Noting that the Tamil Nadu government headed by Mr Stalin had moved the Apex Court on protecting the autonomy of States and had secured historic victories, Mr Baby said during the meeting he discussed with him the need to strengthen the secular and democratic forces for the TN Assembly polls which was less than an year away. "We have decided to face the elections jointly with the Secular and democratic forces". Observing that the Front headed by the DMK--the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA)--would be a role model for the entire country, the former Kerala Minister said it would be further strengthened with the addition of more parties. He said he also discussed on how to effectively counter the communal forces by uniting the people of TN under the SPA leadership and the DMK's key role in further strengthening it. Later, in a social media post after the meeting, Mr Stalin said during the meeting Mr Baby congratulated TN for two landmark developments--the Supreme Court’s historic verdict that exposed the limits of the Governor’s office, and the DMK regime forming a High-Level Committee for protecting the State Autonomy. Terming that these are not isolated victories, Mr Stalin said they were the living expression of the federal ideals jointly championed by them at the CPI-M's 24th National in held Madurai. Mr Stalin wrote ""Comrade M.A. Baby, the newly elected General Secretary of @CPIMSpeak, called on me today and congratulated Tamil Nadu for two landmark developments — the Supreme Court’s historic verdict that exposed the limits of the Governor’s office, and our formation of a High-Level Committee for #StateAutonomy." "These are not isolated victories", he said. "They are the living expression of the federal ideals we jointly championed at the #CPIM24thPartyCongress in Madurai--a vision where the Constitution prevails, and the will of elected governments cannot be obstructed by unelected authority", Mr Stalin wrote. "Our bond stays firm, our alliance grows stronger!”, he added...////...