Congress cites Maniben’s diary, seeks apology from Rajnath

NEW DELHI: Sharing excerpts from a publication containing Vallabhbhai Patel’s daught-er’s diaries, Congress Saturday accused defence curate Rajnath Singh of lying that Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to physique the Babri mosque utilizing nationalist funds, and demanded that Singh apologise to the federation for spreading falsehoods astir the country’s archetypal PM.Two days aft Singh’s remarks made headlines, Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said the curate is sp-reading falsehoods astir Nehru to “improve his relationship” with PM Narendra Modi. Ramesh posted connected X Maniben’s archetypal diary introduction successful Gujarati connected pages 212-213 successful the publication ‘Samarpit Padchhayo Sardarno’ by CA RS Patel ‘Aaresh’, that was published by the Sardar Patel Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial Society, 2025.“There is simply a immense differe-nce betwixt what is contai-ned successful the archetypal diary introduction and what Rajnath Singh and his chap ‘distorians’ a-re propagating,” the spokesperson said, adding, “The defe-nce curate indispensable apologise for the falsehoods helium is spre-ading, simply to amended his narration with the PM.”A enactment broke retired aft Singh made the assertion astatine a rally successful Gujarat, with Congress calling his remarks a “lie” and “WhatsApp assemblage story”. BJP had cited Maniben arsenic the root of the claim.