The Nehru–Babri political storm intensified on Thursday when Congress MP Jairam Ramesh walked up to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh outside Parliament and handed him pages from 'Inside Story of Sardar Patel: The Diary of Maniben Patel'.

The gesture, theatrical and pointed, unfolded just as both parties continued trading barbs over Singh’s claim that Jawaharlal Nehru once proposed using public funds to build the Babri Masjid.

Ramesh, holding the Gujarati translations of the diary entries, delivered them with a sharp line: “Sir, I have brought you a Gujarati translation of Maniben Patel’s diary, especially for you. Please do read it.” Singh, smiling but unmoved, replied, “I don’t know Gujarati,” as he took the papers.

However, behind the seemingly light-hearted exchange was a blistering po

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