Varanasi: Religious preacher Morari Bapu has ruled out mediating between the Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil on Reliance ownership issue and said he would pray for the siblings to resolve their disputes in an amicable manner.

"I have no intention to mediate in the dispute between the Ambani brothers but will definitely pray for them so that they are able to resolve their problems on their own," he told reporters last night (Dec 5, 2004) in reply to a question.

"The Ambani brothers' mother Kokilaben had met me some time ago to invite me for rendering a religious discourse at their house in Mumbai early next year," Bapu said adding she had not sought his intervention for resolving the ongoing tussle between her two sons.

On the arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati, the religious preacher declined to comment when asked if Tamil Nadu Government was justified in arresting the Seer in connection with a murder case but said referring to the ongoing case against him that "law should take its own course".

Bapu said the Shankaracharya "should have been treated in a dignified manner in keeping with his stature as a religious leader."