Asked whether he hoped for a settlement even before the Supreme Court began hearing the matter, Ravi Shankar said he "hoped" so but was "keeping my fingers crossed". Ravi Shankar has already met members of the Nirmohi Akhara, one of the parties to the Ayodhya case. The Supreme Court is expected to hear the case next month. Three JNU students were arrested on sedition charges in February 2016 after slogans seeking to splinter India were allegedly chanted on the campus. There is something (that) has gone wrong in the whole machinery," Ravi Shankar said.

Source: The Telegraph November 13, 2017 21:22 UTC