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The Congress connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) shared diary entries of Vallabhbhai Patel's daughter, Maniben Patel, from a publication to rebut Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's assertion that India's archetypal Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, wanted to physique the Babri Masjid utilizing nationalist funds. The enactment besides demanded that Mr. Singh apologise for spreading "falsehoods".
Congress wide caput (communications) Jairam Ramesh claimed the Defence Minister was spreading falsehoods to “improve his relationship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Here is Maniben's archetypal diary introduction successful Gujarati connected pages 212-213 successful the publication ‘Samarpit Padchhayo Sardarno’ by CA. R. S. Patel 'Aaresh', published by Sardar Patel Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial Society, 2025,” Mr. Ramesh said connected X, sharing screenshots of the applicable pages from the book.
“There is simply a immense quality betwixt what is contained successful the archetypal diary introduction and what Rajnath Singhji and his chap ‘distorians’ are propagating,” helium added.
“The Defence Minister indispensable apologise for the falsehoods helium is spreading, simply to amended his narration with the Prime Minister,” Mr. Ramesh said.
The Congress had earlier termed Mr. Singh's assertion that Nehru wanted to physique the Babri Masjid utilizing nationalist funds a “lie” and “WhatsApp assemblage story”, saying the Defence Minister should not not locomotion successful Prime Minister Narendra Modi's path.
Addressing a gathering astatine Sadhli colony successful Gujarat's Vadodara territory past Tuesday, Mr. Singh said Nehru wanted to physique the Babri Masjid utilizing nationalist funds, but Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel didn't let his plans to succeed.
The BJP had cited a publication by Vallabhbhai Patel's girl to treble down connected Mr. Singh's claims, saying the archetypal Prime Minister besides felt “repelled” by immoderate temples successful southbound India contempt their beauty.
“The root of what Rajnath Singh said is the 'Inside Story of Sardar Patel: Diary of Maniben Patel'," BJP Rajya Sabha MP and nationalist spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi had said astatine a property league astatine the enactment office portion responding to media queries connected the issue.
Mr. Trivedi claimed that connected Page 24 of the book, it is written that Nehru besides raised the question of the Babri mosque, but Sardar Patel made it wide that the authorities could not walk immoderate wealth connected gathering a mosque.
