On March 8, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court had referred the long-standing Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid dispute for mediation. The mediation panel is chaired by former Supreme Court judge Justice FMI Kalifulla, along with spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and senior Advocate Sriram Panchu.
Some people of the Muslim community said that Muslim should also show equal sensibility and stop politicising and staking claims on the disputed Ayodhya Rambhoomi site
Sadhvi Pragya acknowledged playing an instrumental role in razing the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992 and admitted that she will now help build the Ram Mandir at the disputed place.
There is a massive heart-burning in The Hindu and Indian Express today on the appointment of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar by Supreme Court as one of the mediators in the long-simmering Ayodhya dispute.