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Cables from American envoy show he wanted to woo Modi unofficially after
US denied him a visa
Narendra Modi and the BJP today made the most of the latest diplomatic
cables released by WikiLeaks, saying these showed that the Gujarat Chief
Minister was incorruptible in fact, the lone honest Indian politician.
Dated November 2, 2006, the cable sent by Michael S Owen, the Consul
General in Mumbai, refers to Modis growing potential as a national leader
of his party and the need to engage with him to directly deliver a
message on human rights.
In an appraisal of the CM, Owen adds: Modi has successfully branded
himself as a non-corrupt, effective administrator, as a facilitator of
business in a state with a deep commercial culture, and as a no-nonsense,
law-and-order politician who looks after the interests of the Hindu
majority.
After a lecture at Pandit Deen Dayal Univerisity at Gandhinagar on
Tuesday, Modi said the cable acknowledges him as incorruptible and
refers to Gujarat as a progressive state. There are many non-corrupt
people, but they have termed me incorruptible, which is good for the
people of Gujarat. WikiLeaks shows two faces that of the government of
India and another of progressive Gujarat.
In a press release, the BJP said the US documents only assert and prove
that Modi is the lone politician in India to be honest, fearless and clean.
Said BJP national vice-president Purushottam Rupala and state party
spokesperson I K Jadeja: The government which has denied Modi as Modi
now finds him as one with strong political willpower, an able administrator
as well as the only non-corrupt, no-nonsense politician of India.
The BJP rubbed in the fact that the same US government had denied Modi a
visa after the 2002 riots, and said America seemed to be in a mood to
repent.
In the cable, Owen comments on the denial of the visa, saying: We believe
that Modis rise in the BJP seems likely. In coordination with Embassy New
Delhi, we intend to continue our policy of interaction with the Chief
Minister, whose B1/B2 visa we revoked in 2005. Such interaction allows us
to deliver a clear message on human rights and religious freedom directly
to the source. It will also shield us from accusations of opportunism from
the BJP that would invariably arise if we ignored Modi now but sought a
dialogue with him in the likely event that he makes it to the national
stage.
While delighting in Owens praise, Modi reacted to this part of the cable
too, saying he needed no lesson on human rights from the US.
The CM claimed that at a meeting with Owen in 2006, he had looked into
Owens eyes and said America should not give us advice on human rights. I
am a son of India and I know what human rights violations you have
done.
http://m.indianexpress.com/news/-incorruptible--in-wikileaks-narendra-modi-smiles/766153/
US denied him a visa
Narendra Modi and the BJP today made the most of the latest diplomatic
cables released by WikiLeaks, saying these showed that the Gujarat Chief
Minister was incorruptible in fact, the lone honest Indian politician.
Dated November 2, 2006, the cable sent by Michael S Owen, the Consul
General in Mumbai, refers to Modis growing potential as a national leader
of his party and the need to engage with him to directly deliver a
message on human rights.
In an appraisal of the CM, Owen adds: Modi has successfully branded
himself as a non-corrupt, effective administrator, as a facilitator of
business in a state with a deep commercial culture, and as a no-nonsense,
law-and-order politician who looks after the interests of the Hindu
majority.
After a lecture at Pandit Deen Dayal Univerisity at Gandhinagar on
Tuesday, Modi said the cable acknowledges him as incorruptible and
refers to Gujarat as a progressive state. There are many non-corrupt
people, but they have termed me incorruptible, which is good for the
people of Gujarat. WikiLeaks shows two faces that of the government of
India and another of progressive Gujarat.
In a press release, the BJP said the US documents only assert and prove
that Modi is the lone politician in India to be honest, fearless and clean.
Said BJP national vice-president Purushottam Rupala and state party
spokesperson I K Jadeja: The government which has denied Modi as Modi
now finds him as one with strong political willpower, an able administrator
as well as the only non-corrupt, no-nonsense politician of India.
The BJP rubbed in the fact that the same US government had denied Modi a
visa after the 2002 riots, and said America seemed to be in a mood to
repent.
In the cable, Owen comments on the denial of the visa, saying: We believe
that Modis rise in the BJP seems likely. In coordination with Embassy New
Delhi, we intend to continue our policy of interaction with the Chief
Minister, whose B1/B2 visa we revoked in 2005. Such interaction allows us
to deliver a clear message on human rights and religious freedom directly
to the source. It will also shield us from accusations of opportunism from
the BJP that would invariably arise if we ignored Modi now but sought a
dialogue with him in the likely event that he makes it to the national
stage.
While delighting in Owens praise, Modi reacted to this part of the cable
too, saying he needed no lesson on human rights from the US.
The CM claimed that at a meeting with Owen in 2006, he had looked into
Owens eyes and said America should not give us advice on human rights. I
am a son of India and I know what human rights violations you have
done.
http://m.indianexpress.com/news/-incorruptible--in-wikileaks-narendra-modi-smiles/766153/
What a sarcasm.. But the truth is
