Chennai, June 18 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Student Wing Madhurai and Dravidar Kazhagam are set to hold a massive protest in Chennai against the Union Government on Wednesday for not recognising the Keeladi excavations report.

This came after the Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, on June 10 said the reports submitted to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) by archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishna, who headed two phases of excavations and unearthed an ancient civilisation in Keeladi in the Sivaganga district, are not technically well supported. Further scientific studies are required to validate the findings, he said.

Recently, the ASI had asked Ramakrishna to resubmit his report on the excavation...