If you lived in India, you would know that what WikiLeaks cables say is far closer to the truth than what the government and the people accused of bribery have been saying. Most replies from ministers and officials have been dodgy on the issue. During this very vote, MPs from the opposition had waved bundles of cash in parliament they claimed were offered by ruling part officials to vote for the India US Nuclear Deal.
Millions of dollars float about in the political arena in the country, flowing from one politician to the next in a manner perhaps not even seen in the US. A recent scam involving telecom spectrum was estimated to cost the government 1,700,000 million rupees.
Most politicians are seriously rich. They, with the help of the government that they run, grab millions of dollars worth of prime government land for themselves illegally and for free. The politicians get their money from their own businesses that have managed to snag quick regulatory clearances despite major violations, from government tenders that they actively fix and have their own businesses win at high costs, from government officials (including the police)who send up part of their bribery earnings as tributes in return for political support, from businessmen who want politicians and the government to look away while they are upto naughty things, and so on. Whistleblowers are ruthlessly silenced.
You see how politicians and the government are central to the entire mess. If I was an Indian, I would trust WikiLeaks more than these people anytime.