Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee [ Images ] will take a decision on Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi's [ Images ] resignation after 'consultation with his colleagues.'

A spokesperson told reporters in New York that Vajpayee has been in touch with Joshi, who resigned after a special court in Rae Bareli decided to frame charges against him and six others in the Babri Masjid [ Images ] demolition case on Friday.

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The prime minister, who is in New York on a week-long visit, had called Joshi on Friday from Istanbul and asked him to reconsider his decision.

The court in Rae Bareli discharged Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani [ Images ] in the Babri case but decided to frame charges against BJP leaders Uma Bharti and Vinay Katiyar and VHP leaders Ashok Singhal, Acharya Giriraj Kishore, Vishnu [ Images ] Hari Dalmiya and Sadhvi Ritambhara.