Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has claimed that he had rejected the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize in the past. The spiritual guru also said that he does not approve of the award given to Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai as "she had done nothing to deserve it".
During a recent press interaction, when a reporter asked Sri Sri if it was wrong to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Malala, he replied in the affirmative, saying she had not done any such work to be honoured with the prize.
Deccan Chronicle quoted Sri Sri as saying that he was offered the Nobel Peace Prize but he rejected it. He said, "I only believe in working and not in being honoured for my work."
He further said, "We should always honour only those who deserve it and I am totally against honouring Malala Yousafzai with the prize and it is of no use."
Sri Sri made the remarks during a visit to drought-hit Latur in Maharashtra.
The Art of Living founder was conferred Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government earlier in 2016.
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