New Delhi: In an embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party, whistle-blower website WikiLeaks on Monday clarified that the US diplomatic cables released by it in 2011 never described Modi as "incorruptible" or "the lone honest Indian politician".
"India: No WikiLeaks document say #Modi is 'incorruptable', rather he is popular because 'viewed' as 'incorruptable' (sic)", WikiLeaks tweeted.
The BJP PM candidates' supporters have been circulating posters which quote Assange as saying America is scared of Modi because he is incorruptible. WikiLeaks has said that they merely called the BJP's PM nomiee popular and perceived by Indians as incorruptible.
Instead WikiLeaks said that the "incorruptable" quote comes from Rajkot Congress party leader Manoharsinh Jadeja.
What #WikiLeaks says about India’s Narenda Modi http://t.co/TA1H8UdvC8 #india #narendamodi @ArvindKejriwal #modi #Gujarat #bjp— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 16, 2014
Narenda Modi’s #BJP has been pushing this fake #Modi endorsement http://t.co/kyryXQpmht – but #Assange has never said anything about #Modi— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 16, 2014
The Narenda #Modi “incorruptable” quote comes from Rajkot Congress party leader Manoharsinh Jadej: https://t.co/leCkQ8PNSK #bjp #india— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 16, 2014
#India: How #Modi supporters aggressively pushed fake #Assange endorsement (scroll down to last week and beyond) https://t.co/VtS2vWyEGf— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 16, 2014
#India: No WikiLeaks document say #Modi is ‘incorruptable’, rather he is popular because ‘viewed’ as ‘incorruptable’ https://t.co/leCkQ8PNSK— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 16, 2014
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