India, May 17 -- The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has expressed grave concern over the Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment regarding the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute, terming the verdict "unfortunate" with dangerous implications for the secular and democratic foundations of the Indian republic.

In a press statement issued from the CPI(M) Central Committee Office, the party highlighted that by setting aside the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) order that granted Muslims the right to pray at the complex, the High Court has echoed the same legal reasoning used by the Supreme Court in the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi title suit. The party warned that this ruling is bound to have a significant, cascading be...