I turned down Nobel, Malalas prize unworthy: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

May 03, 2016 10:25

Questioning the credentials of the Nobel Committee and peace activist Malala Yousafzai, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said he would turn down the prestigious global award if given to him.

The Art of Living founder, who was in Latur, Maharashtra to take a look at the drought conditions, was speaking to journalists when he termed Malala's peace prize as a political move.

Saying he had once turned down the award, Sri Sri said, "Nowadays, there is no value to the Nobel Prize. When you award it to a 16-year-old girl who hasn't done anything, what value is left? It has become a political prize."

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