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Never said Modi incorruptible: WikiLeaks

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Cites US cable that says he rules by fear and intimidation

New Delhi, March 18:

The BJP was left red-faced on Tuesday as WikiLeaks denied that its founder Julian Assange had ever endorsed the principal opposition partys prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as incorruptible.

In a series of tweets, the whistleblower website disclosed a secret cable by a senior US diplomat eight years ago that described Modi as a distrustful person who reigns more by fear and intimidation.

The website tweeted details of a number of observations made by the then Mumbai-based Consul General Michael S Owen on Modis leadership in a cable after his visit to the state in 2006.

No WikiLeaks document say #Modi is incorruptible, rather he is popular because viewed as incorruptible, WikiLeaks said. Wikileaks said the term incorruptible was apparently used by a Gujarat Congress leader Manoharsinh Jadeja.

Fake endorsement

The Narendra #Modi incorruptible quote comes from Rajkot Congress party leader Manoharsinh Jadeja, it said.

In another tweet, WikiLeaks accused BJP of using the fake Assange-Modi endorsement to raise funds. WikiLeaks went on to tweet a secret cable sent by the US Embassy in 2006 that criticised Modis style of functioning.

Views remain divided on whether Modis leadership style will help or harm him if he enters national politics. In public, Modi can be charming and likable. By all accounts, however, he is an insular, distrustful person... He reigns more by fear and intimidation than by inclusiveness and consensus, and is rude, condescending and often derogatory to even high level party officials. He hoards power..., one such diplomatic cable under a sub-heading Modis Leadership Style said.

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Controversy over WikiLeaks’ comment on Narendra Modi

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A controversy erupted over a claim that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange endorsed Narendra Modi as "incorruptible" even as the whistle-blower website disclosed a secret cable by a senior US diplomat eight years ago that described him as a "distrustful person" who reigns more by "fear and intimidation".

A controversy erupted over a claim that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange endorsed Narendra Modi as "incorruptible" even as the whistle-blower website disclosed a secret cable by a senior US diplomat eight years ago that described him as a "distrustful person" who reigns more by "fear and intimidation".

The website while denying in a series of tweets that it had called the Gujarat Chief Minister "incorruptible" tweeted details of a number of observations made by the then Mumbai-based Consul General Michael S Owen on Modi's leadership in a cable after his visit to the state in 2006.

"No WikiLeaks document say #Modi is 'incorruptable', rather he is popular because 'viewed' as 'incorruptable'," WikiLeaks said.

Wikileaks said the term "incorruptible" was apparently used by a Gujarat Congress leader Manoharsinh Jadeja.

"The Narendra #Modi "incorruptable" quote comes from Rajkot Congress party leader Manoharsinh Jadeja," it said.

In another tweet, WikiLeaks accused BJP of using the "fake Assange-Modi endorsement" to raise funds.

The website today accused Priti Gandhi, Co-Convener of Maharashtra BJP Communication Cell, of pushing the "fake endorsement" by WikiLeaks.

Its clarification came against the backdrop of some BJP supporters circulating posters in Ahmedabad quoting Assange, saying that "America is scared of Modi because he is incorruptible."

BJP, however, downplayed the WikiLeaks tweets. "We don't need a certificate from WikiLeaks or Assange on Modiji," BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had said.

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Julian Assange never said Narendra Modi is incorruptible: WikiLeaks’ firm clarification

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The whistle-blower site says a BJP worker from Maharashtra, Priti Gandhi, orchestrated the "fake Assange endorsement" of Mr Modi, who is running for prime minister. A poster featuring Mr Assange and his signature is accompanied by the quote, "America fears Modi because they know he is incorruptible." It was circulated by BJP supporters and fans of Mr Modi. "Don't shoot the messenger, concentrate on the message," Ms Gandhi tweeted today. A day after the BJP had lapped up the 'endorsement', it had to switch to damage control mode following a series of tweets from WikiLeaks denying any such validation of Mr Modi.

WikiLeaks said that in 2006, it was Gujarat Congress leader Manoharsinh Jadeja who told US Consul General Michael Owen that the Gujarat Chief Minister "is viewed as someone who is completely incorruptible and can deliver the goods." (Read WikiLeaks cable here)

"No WikiLeaks document say #Modi is 'incorruptable', rather he is popular because 'viewed' as 'incorruptable'," said a tweet from the WikiLeaks account.

The BJP said the controversy was irrelevant. "We don't need a certificate from WikiLeaks or Assange on Modiji," BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had said.

WikiLeaks also tweeted a cable from 2006 filed after Mr Modi met with the US Consul General. The cable states, "In public appearances, Modi can be charming and likeable. By all accounts, however, he is an insular, distrustful person...He reigns more by fear and intimidation than by inclusiveness and consensus, and is rude, condescending and often derogatory to even high level party officials." (Read the full cable here)

The same cable goes on to say that "All our interlocutors acknowledge that Modi is a modest man who, unlike many elected officials in India, has not used his position to enrich himself or his family."

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Julian Assange never said Narendra Modi is incorruptible: WikiLeaks' firm clarification