New Delhi: Expressing happiness over Allahabad High Court staying framing of charges against Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Murli Manohar Joshi in the Babri Masjid demolition case by Rae Bareilly special court, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president M Venkaiah Naidu on September 30 said it was a "political case" and it would be fought out "politically and legally".

"We are happy about the stay given by the court and I am confident, subsequently when the issue comes up for hearing, all our people will be discharged," Naidu told reporters in New Delhi.

"It is a political case as we have been saying from day one. We will fight it out politically and legally. I am happy about the decision of the court," he added.

"We are expecting that this case foisted on BJP leaders will be in our favour and our expectations are coming true," Naidu said.

Naidu, who had a meeting with BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Madhya Pradesh Uma Bharati, who is among the seven against whom the special court has ordered framing of charges in the Ayodhya case, said "other cases are also being discussed".

Soon after the Lucknow Bench gave the stay order, Naidu spoke to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and thereafter Joshi was asked to withdraw his resignation letter.

He said the party had always been of the view that there was no need for anyone, against whom the special court had ordered framing of charges in the Ayodhya demolition case, to resign.

"As far as resignation was concerned, there was no need for it. It is a political case and we would fight it politically and legally," he said.

PTI