LUCKNOW/FAIZABAD: Union home minister Rajnath Singh said in Ayodhya on Sunday that the NDA government couldn't bring in a legislation to construct the Ram temple as it didn't have a majority in the Rajya Sabha.

"The BJP doesn't have a majority in the Rajya Sabha, so this time it's not possible to bring a motion in Parliament to make law for the construction of Ram temple," the home minister said - he was in Ayodhya to take part in a programme hosted by senior VHP leader Nritya Gopal Das.

Rajnath's admission follows RSS and VHP saying they favour giving time to the Modi government until it has a majority in the Upper House.

Last year, Nritya Gopal Das, who is also Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas president, said although the Centre is agreeable to temple construction, it should be given time.

Rajnath refused to clarify whether the Modi government would bring in a law for Ram temple construction once the party has the numbers in Rajya Sabha.

"It's a hypothetical question," the home minister said when asked if it would bring in a legislation if it gets an RS majority. The BJP has 45 members in the Upper House and is unlikely to will have adequate numbers in the House of 243 during its current tenure.

While the BJP not only rose to power for the first time riding the Ram wave in the '90s, it failed to fulfill the promise of temple construction citing alliance government as the reason.

On Sunday, when asked about underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Singh said he would speak "some thing on Dawood in a day or two in Parliament." The government was recently left red-faced for its contradictory reply in Parliament on the whereabouts of Dawood Ibrahim.