Digvijay doubts WikiLeak that Modi was to be targeted by LeT

The Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday expressed doubts over WikiLeaks claim that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was to be targeted by terror group Lashkar e Taiba and alleged the document could have been tampered with by “capable people” in BJP.

Singh said he feels that “capable people” in BJP could have tampered with the WikiLeaks document.

“WikiLeaks open to tampering and I must say that the people in BJP are quite capable of tampering with the document like the Pakistani media did,” he told reporters in New Delhi.

“The Pakistani media doctored the WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks cable said there were concern about Narendra Modi that Narendra Modi’s life was threatened by Lashkar e Taiba. Thank God! My name is not mentioned,” he added.

DeshGujarat’s reaction

As a first Indian media entity that reported Modi Wikileaks story, DeshGujarat would like to offer this link to jobless Digvijay http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/213121?INTCMP=SRCH. The original cable is very much there.

Full paragraphs that contain Narendra Modi’s name and reference around that are given below:

17. (S//NF) SCA – India – LT member Shafiq Khafa possibly preparing for operations: Tearline reports, &Hussein, an India-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LT) member, continued operational planning on three tasks in early June. The tasks were associated with a possible operation against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendar Modi, the establishment of a training camp, and unspecified work involving a car. Hussein would coordinate his activities with an India-based colleague identified as Sameer.8

18. (S//REL TO USA, FVEY) Separate tearline indicates, &Pakistan-based Shafiq Khafa prepared in mid-June with India-based associate S J for possible operations in India. Khafa was looking for information on possible training sites in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala.8

19. (S//NF) DS/TIA/ITA notes earlier credible tearline suggests Khafa,s network is striving to stand up two teams in southern India that rely on the support of LT members based in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Nepal. Although specific details of planned LT attacks remain unknown, late-May intelligence indicates Khafa,s cells were engaged in surveillance activities of potential targets, likely in southern India. Early-May reporting further suggests Kerala or Tamil Nadu may be used as a base of operations following the establishment of a facilitation team in Sri Lanka, with the estimated time of completion for setting up the facilitation route and camps to be two to three months. (Appendix sources 8-18)