<p class="title"><span>Over the last three decades, there have been several attempts— court-mandated as well as by individuals— to resolve the Ayodhya dispute through mediation but with little success.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 1990, the then prime minister Chandrashekhar made an attempt to resolve the Ayodhya dispute through talks after the Babri mosque was vandalised but failed.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 1992, the then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao also took the mediation path but with little success.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 2001, the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee too tried the mediation route, a year later the influential pontiff of the Kanchi mutt Jayendra Saraswati got written undertakings from the VHP and Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas to abide by the court verdict.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>The VHP retracted after the court disallowed puja in the sanctum sanctorum.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 2003, Saraswati again attempted to mediate but this time the All India Muslim Personal Law Board shot down his proposals.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>The Dalai Lama also made an effort in 2004, but with little success.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>The three-judge bench of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court, too, had tried mediation after the litigants concluded their arguments on August 3, 2010. But all ended in rejection.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>A retired bureaucrat, Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, had moved a plea seeking mediation, but his petition was rejected by a three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court by a 2:1 majority.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 2015, Mohammad Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the case, also tried the mediation route.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>Two years later, Sri Sri Ravishankar too attempted to resolve the issue through talks, but did not succeed.</span></p>
<p class="title"><span>Over the last three decades, there have been several attempts— court-mandated as well as by individuals— to resolve the Ayodhya dispute through mediation but with little success.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 1990, the then prime minister Chandrashekhar made an attempt to resolve the Ayodhya dispute through talks after the Babri mosque was vandalised but failed.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 1992, the then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao also took the mediation path but with little success.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 2001, the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee too tried the mediation route, a year later the influential pontiff of the Kanchi mutt Jayendra Saraswati got written undertakings from the VHP and Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas to abide by the court verdict.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>The VHP retracted after the court disallowed puja in the sanctum sanctorum.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 2003, Saraswati again attempted to mediate but this time the All India Muslim Personal Law Board shot down his proposals.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>The Dalai Lama also made an effort in 2004, but with little success.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>The three-judge bench of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court, too, had tried mediation after the litigants concluded their arguments on August 3, 2010. But all ended in rejection.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>A retired bureaucrat, Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, had moved a plea seeking mediation, but his petition was rejected by a three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court by a 2:1 majority.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>In 2015, Mohammad Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the case, also tried the mediation route.</span></p>.<p class="title"><span>Two years later, Sri Sri Ravishankar too attempted to resolve the issue through talks, but did not succeed.</span></p>