Lucknow, October 14: Nirmohi Akhara, a key party in the Ayodhya legal battle, wants former president A P J Abdul Kalam, spiritual gurus Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as well as the leading Deoband Islamic seminary to help achieve a negotiated settlement.
“Now that the torch of peace and harmony has been lit in Ayodhya, we want popular spiritual leaders of both Hindus and Muslims to come forward and strengthen efforts for an out-of-court final settlement without allowing the dispute to be re-ignited before the Supreme Court where it could just hang fire indefinitely again,” Ram Das of the Akhara told mediapersons in Ayodhya Wednesday.
He is the secretary of 89-year-old Akhara chief Mahant Bhaskar Das. The Akhara has shown keen interest in talks initiated by Hashim Ansari on behalf of Muslims for a final settlement on the vexed Ayodhya issue after the Sep 30 Ayodhya HC ruling. Ram Das said: “It is the duty of these prominent people to make efforts for resolving the dispute. After all, they are all institutions with a large following, so their word will matter.
-IANS