The Yamuna row isn’t yet over and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has already landed himself in a fresh controversy. The Twitterati tore him apart after he allegedly opined that Malala Yousafzai did not deserve the Nobel Prize.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar allegedly said:
I was in the past offered the Nobel Peace Prize, but I had rejected it as I only believe in working and not in being honoured for my work. We should always honour only to those who deserve it and I am totally against honouring Malala Yousafzai with the prize and it is of no use.
He allegedly made this statement in a reply to a journalist’s question during his visit to the drought-hit city of Latur in Maharashtra. The journalist had asked him whether he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize.
The spiritual guru further said:
What is the importance of an award when it is being presented to a 16 year old girl, without even looking at what she has contributed.
Meanwhile, Twitter users were quick to respond, rather scathingly!
