Ayodhya mediation: The stated positions of the three parties in the dispute

The Nirmohi Akhara and VHP have been unrelenting in their claims of the land and Muslims feel ceding to their demands would amount to surrender

Even as the Supreme Court ordered a three-person panel to complete the mediation process in the Ayodhya dispute, a consensus between the various parties in the case would be a tough task. The parties to the case are the Nirmohi Akhara, Ram Lala (represented by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad-run Ram Janmabhoomi Trust) and the Sunni Waqf Board. The three-member mediation panel is, meanwhile, headed by former Supreme Court judge F M Kalifullah, Art of Living founder, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Chennai-based mediation expert, Sriram Panchu.

What makes it tricky for this panel is the rigidity of all parties in