Here's Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's first response to being appointed to the 3-member Ayodhya mediation panel by the Supreme Court

Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has given his first reaction to being appointed to three-member panel that will mediate between parties in Ayodhya case, as ordered by Supreme Court on Friday.

Sri Sri, who has undertaken a mediation attempt in deces-old matter as recently as last year, has been appointed as one of panel members for court-monitored mediation, along with panel chairman Retired Supreme Court Justice Kalifulla and Sriram Panchu. Here's his first reaction to development:

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar h earlier attempted a mediation in dispute, speaking to multiple stakeholders, at end of which he h me tripartite proposal detailed in a letter to AIMPLB:

FIRST POSSIBILITY IS THAT OF COURT DECLARING SITE BE GIVEN TO HINDUS BASED ON ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT TEMPLE EXISTED LONG BEFORE MASJID. IN THIS SCENARIO, MUSLIMS WOULD HAVE SERIOUS APPREHENSIONS ABOUT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM AND IR FAITH IN INDIAN JUDICIARY MAY BE SHAKEN. THIS COULD ALSO LE TO MUSLIM YOUTH RESORTING TO VIOLENCE AS ONE OF MANY REPERCUSSIONS. 
EVEN THOUGH MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW BOARD AND OR COMMUNITY LEERS SAY THAT Y WILL ACCEPT IT, INLONGRUN  FEELING THAT COURT HAS DONE INJUSTICE TO COMMUNITY WILL PREVAIL FOR CENTURIES.

SECOND OPTION IS THAT HINDUS LOSE CASE AND ENTIRE LAND IS GIFTED TO MUSLIMS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF BABRI MASJID. THIS WILL CAUSE TREMENDOUS HEARTBURN IN HINDU COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS A MATTER OF FAITH AND ONE, FOR WHICH FOR Y HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR 500 YEARS. THIS COULD RESULT IN HUGE COMMUNAL DISTURBANCES ALL OVER COUNTRY. IN IR VICTORY, MUSLIMS WILL LOSE OUT ON  GOOD WILL AND TRUST OF MILLIONS OF HINDUS RIGHT FROM VILLS UP. WINNING THIS ONE ACRE OF LAND, Y WOULD HOWEVER, PERMANENTLY LOSE GOODWILL OF MAJORITY COMMUNITY. 

THIRDLY, IF COURT UPHOLDS ALLAHAB HIGH COURT'S VERSION, WHICH SAYS THAT RE SHOULD BE A MOSQUE BUILT ON ONE ACRE, WHILST REMAINING 60 ACRES BE UTILISED FOR BUILDING TEMPLE, IT WOULD REQUIRE DEPLOYMENT OF 50000 POLICE PERSONNEL TO KEEP PEACE, GIVEN PROXIMITY OF TWO PLACES OF WORSHIP AND HUGE SECURITY RISK. THIS TOO WILL T IN ANYWAY BE BENEFICIAL TO MUSLIM COMMUNITY.

Here are terms of Supreme Court-monitored Ayodhya mediation ordered by Supreme Court:

deces-old Ayodhya issue also has ermous political ramifications. Construction of a Ram Mandir at Ram Janmabhoomi site is a 2014 election manifesto promise of BJP, whereas Congress has attempted to slow down Supreme Court's hearings in case, with Kapil Sibal appearing as counsel of one of parties and telling apex court to conclude matter only after 2019 elections.