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The Gyanvapi mosque survey was concluded on May 16. The Hindu side in the matter has claimed that a 'Shivling' was found inside a reservoir on the mosque complex during the survey.
The CPM Politburo member had taken to Facebook to express his opinion on the recent developments at Varanasi.
He was chief minister of UP during the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.
The case relates to the razing of the disputed structure in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, which triggered riots for several months leaving nearly 2,000 people dead across the country.
The accused include former deputy prime minister LK Advani, former Union ministers MM Joshi and Uma Bharti, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, besides Vinay Katiyar and Sadhvi Rithambara.
Advani, who was the face of the Ram Janambhoomi Movement in 1992, was acquitted along with all other 31 accused in the case.
The verdict by a special court in the Babri Masjid demolition case comes 28 years after kar sevaks razed the 16th century mosque and almost a year after the Supreme Court settled the land case in favour of a Ram temple at the disputed Ayodhya site.
Here is all you need to know about the Babri demolition case.
The land dispute over the site of the 16th century Babri Masjid (mosque) at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, is perhaps the most ancient land dispute in the history of the subcontinent.