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New Delhi: All India Muslim Majlis-E-Mushawarat (AIMMM) on September 20 described as "legally incomprehensible" the dropping of charges against Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani by the Rae Bareilly special court, but welcomed the framing of charges against Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi and six others in the Babri demolition case.

"The AIMMM welcomes the order of the special court of Rae Bareilly to frame charges against Joshi and six other leaders of the Sangh Parivar, but finds it legally incomprehensible that the same charges against Advani have been dropped.

"The CBI's common charge-sheet against all eight, though considerably diluted and purged of serious charges was based on common evidence," AIMMM president Syed Shahabuddin said in a statement.

The Majlis demanded that the state assisted by the CBI should seek a review of Advani's exoneration before a trial.

It said the Uttar Pradesh government should revise its notification for restoring conspiracy charges against these leaders.

PTI