Keezhadi Excavations: Stalin's Trump Card in TN Assembly Polls

Passion of the tongue continues to be the narrative of the ruling DMK to beat the BJP and its ally, the AIADMK, ahead of the 2026 assembly elections with Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday slamming the Modi government and the RSS Parivar for chasing the mirage of the Saraswati civilisation while questioning the scientifically validated Keezhadi excavations that have pushed the antiquity of the Tamils as the oldest in the sub-continent.

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"Even when confronted with carbon-dated artefacts and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) reports from international labs on the Keezhadi excavations, they continue to demand more proof... But, on the contrary, despite strong opposition from respected historians and archaeologists, the BJP continues to promote the mythical Saraswati Civilisation. They do so without credible evidence, while dismissing the rigorously proven antiquity of Tamil culture," Stalin wrote on his 'X' handle, continuing his tirade against the BJP-led Union government which was delaying