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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Monday urged the BJP-led Union authorities to assistance support for archaeological excavations astatine 8 locations, including Keeladi, Adichanur and Nagapattinam.
The Tamil Nadu authorities has repeatedly sought support for these excavations and has adjacent taken up the contented with the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), but they were being ignored, Mr. Stalin said.
In a societal media post, the Chief Minister said: “Let Keeladi speak. Let past rise.”
Referring to the Tamil Nadu government’s request, helium said: “The proposals were submitted successful July 2025 and taken up astatine a gathering nether the Director-General, ASI, successful November. Yet support remains pending for 8 months. Time and again we person raised this demand, and clip and again it is being ignored.”
The excavation play successful Tamil Nadu runs lone from January to July, Mr. Stalin pointed out. “If this model is missed, monsoon conditions volition stall fieldwork, hold captious research, and discarded funds already allocated for 2025-2026. I privation to ask, wherefore this hesitation? The antiquity of Tamil civilisation does not diminish India. It adds to India’s civilisational pride. What is the BJP authorities acrophobic of? Approve the excavations and fto past speak.”
