Babri Masjid | "Nehru Wanted To Build Babri Masjid Using Public Funds": Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to build the "Babri masjid" using public funds, but Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel didn't allow his plans to succeed. He also claimed that Nehru had suggested that funds collected by the common people for building a memorial for Patel after his death be utilised for constructing wells and roads. Addressing a gathering at Sadhli village near Vadodara as part of a 'Unity March' to commemorate Sardar Patel's 150th birth anniversary, Singh hailed Patel as a true liberal and secular person who never believed in appeasement.