The All India Muslim Personal law Board (AIMPlB) and the Babri Action Committee have said they were against the out of court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute. One of the Hindu contestants in Ayodhya dispute, Ramlala Virajmaan has also criticised Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for meddling in Ayodhya dispute.
“Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is ignorant of the facts relating to the Ayodhya dispute and he is meddling in these affairs at the behest of some Islamic nations to join the race for the Nobel peace prize’’, said Ranjana Agnihotri, the counsel of the Ramlala Virajmaan. She added “the statement of Sri Sri for mediation in Ramjanma bhoomi-Babri masjid dispute has hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus and we are against mediation in this case”.
The AIMPlB said they do not favour the arbitration and the dispute can only be settled through adjudication. The AIMPlB has denied that any of their authorised representatives met Sri Sri for an out-of-court settlement. The AIMPlB member Zafaryab Jilani said on Sunday that no such decision had been made by the board.
“The Ayodhya dispute cannot be settled by arbitration. We will never withdraw our claim on the land in Ayodhya where once the Babri mosque stood and demolished on December 6, 1992. If Sri Sri wants to mediate on this issue then he should send a formal proposal to the AIMPlB’’, said Jafaryaab Jilani, who was in Delhi on Sunday.
“If some individual members of the board did meet the Art of living founder, it doesn’t represent what AIMPlB stands by. The position of the board is very clear on this and that the solution is possible only through adjudication and not mediation,” Jilani said.