NEW DELHI: Sharing excerpts from a ebook containing Vallabhbhai Patel’s daught-er’s diaries, Congress Saturday accused defence minister Rajnath Singh of mendacity that Jawaharlal Nehru wished to construct the Babri mosque utilizing public funds, and demanded that Singh apologise to the nation for spreading falsehoods concerning the nation’s first PM.Two days after Singh’s remarks made headlines, Congress spokesman Jairam Ramesh mentioned the minister is sp-reading falsehoods about Nehru to “enhance his relationship” with PM Narendra Modi. Ramesh posted on X Maniben’s unique diary entry in Gujarati on pages 212-213 within the ebook ‘Samarpit Padchhayo Sardarno’ by CA RS Patel ‘Aaresh’, that was printed by the Sardar Patel Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial Society, 2025.“There’s a big differe-nce between what’s contai-ned within the unique diary entry and what Rajnath Singh and his fellow ‘distorians’ a-re propagating,” the spokesman mentioned, including, “The defe-nce minister should apologise for the falsehoods he’s spre-ading, merely to enhance his relationship with the PM.”A row broke out after Singh made the declare at a rally in Gujarat, with Congress calling his remarks a “lie” and “WhatsApp college story”. BJP had cited Maniben because the supply of the declare.