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New Delhi: Vowing to wage a legal battle to clear himself in the Babri Masjid demolition case, Human Resources Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi on September 27 said a temple should be constructed at Ram's birth-place as per "people's desire".

"If the people's sentiments are strong, it becomes God's voice. Temple will be constructed at the birth- place," Joshi, who quit the government in the wake of Rae Bareili court deciding to charge him along with six others in the Babri Masjid demolition case, told a group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists from Uttaranchal.

Crores of people desired that the Ram temple should be constructed at his birth-place in Ayodhya, he told some people who had gathered at his residence to extend solidarity with him.

Stating that he derived support from the people, Joshi hoped that he would come out clean in the false charges levelled against him.

Later talking to reporters, he said he would "certainly" meet Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee after his return from abroad on September 28.

Asked whether he would take back his resignation if asked by the Prime Minister, Joshi said, "Let us see what he does. Don't ask any hypothetical question."

PTI