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Lucknow: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international president Ashok Singhal on September 30 said he and other leaders of the organisation would challenge the special Rae Bareilly court's September 19 verdict on framing of charges against them in the Babri Masjid demolition case.

Singhal told reporters that they would soon file a criminal revision petition in the Allahabad High Court.

Along with Singhal other VHP leaders, against whom charges were ordered to be framed, included its vice president Giriraj Kishore, Vishnu Hari Dalmiya and Sadhvi Rithambhara.

Singhal said there was no case against them as the first information report (FIR) against them did not contain specific charges.

Though he said that the criminal revision petition would be filed collectively, he did not specify whether it would also include the two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Uma Bharti and Vinay Katiyar.

On the question of Union HRD minister Murli Manohar Joshi's resignation in the wake of the Rae Bareilly court's order, Singhal said the September 30 stay on proceedings against the minister had given a "breathing time to the Prime Minister and saved him from taking an unpleasant decision in the matter".

PTI