New Delhi: On Friday, The Supreme Court ordered mediation in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title case appointing a 3-member panel headed by Retd. Justice FM Kaliifullah and comprising spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and senior advocate Sriram Panchu. Worth mentioning is the fact that Sri Sri has long been trying to mediate in the issue advocating an out of court settlement. In 2017, while Sri Sri met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in his bid to come up with a solution to the dispute, in 2018 he sent a letter detailing his proposal to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) for a settlement.
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However, in his letter, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar pointed out four scenarios that may arise after the Supreme Court's judgment. According to Sri Sri, if the Supreme Court declared the site to be awarded to the Hindus - even after the Sunni Central Waqf Board of Uttar Pradesh claiming that they will accept it - the order might fuel apprehensions about the legal system and "the faith of Muslims in the Judiciary may be shaken."
The second scenario, as per Sri Sri is that if the entire land is given to Muslims for reconstruction of the Babri Masjid, then it'll result in "tremendous heartburn" for Hindus which may lead to communal disharmony.Third is if the Allahabad High Court verdict that divides the disputed land among the Muslims, the Nirmohi Akhara and the Ram Lalla, is upheld by the Supreme Court it'll then result in the Mosque being built in around one acre of land, and the temple on the rest of the area - the disputed site being of only 2.77 acres. Sri Sri said that this would be a security risk and would "require the deployment of 50,000 police personnel to keep the peace."
In his letter, Sri Sri described the best solution to the Ayodhya dispute being that the Muslims should "gift" the disputed land to the Hindus, who will in return "gift" 5 acres of land "nearby" to them for the construction of a mosque. Sri Sri described this as a "win-win" solution for both the communities to the decades' long dispute. Sri Sri also expressed his views on if the mosque can be shifted, saying that he's been apprised on the issue by "respected cleric Maulana Salman Nadvi and many other Muslim scholars" who suggested that the mosque can be moved to other location.