New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- Criticising Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over his remarks on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday said that the Defence Minister's focus should be on India's strategic challenges and not on misrepresenting historical facts.

Tewari's remark came in response to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's claim that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wanted to use government funds to build Babri Masjid, but it was the then Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who opposed the idea, as he was "truly secular".

Speaking to ANI, Tewari said, "It would be better if Rajnath Singh focuses on India's strategic challenges. He is trying to distort and misrepresent history, which should be ...