Facebook page 'Ek Naam Narendra Modi' shared the pic with a caption that translates into, "Narendra Modi is the only Indian in the list of 50 honest leaders released in the US; that too in number one position".

Has Prime Minister Narendra Modi topped the list of '50 most honest politicians released in the United States'?

Several Facebook posts claim Modi has ranked number one in the list.

India Today's Anti-Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral claim is misleading as no such list has ever been released in the US so far.

The archived version of the post can be seen here.

A Facebook page 'Ek Naam Narendra Modi' has posted a photo of the PM in which the text in Hindi reads, "America me jaari 50 imandaar netao ki soochi me bharat ke matra ek vyakti hai, wo shri Narendra bhai Modi hai, wo bhi pratham sthan par. (Narendra Modi is the only Indian in the list of 50 honest leaders released in the US; that too in number one position.)"

At the time of filing this story, the post was shared more than 9,000 times. The page has a following of more than 26 lakh people.

Facebook users 'Dipak Prajapati' and 'Vasudev Singh Roopnagar' are among those who have shared the post.

To find out the fact behind the viral claim, we start searching the internet for such a list. We found that American business magazine 'Forbes' had ranked PM Modi at number 9 in the list of "Most powerful people" in 2018.

PM Modi also got placed at number 5 in the list of "World's greatest leaders -2015" by American multinational business magazine 'Fortune'.

European Association of polling organisations, 'The Gallup International Association' ranked Modi at number four in its annual survey - "Opinion of Global Leaders" of the year 2018. However, we didn't find any list that can substantiate the viral claim naming "the most honest leaders in the world".

In December 2015, former US President Barack Obama was all praise for Modi and called him an "honest and direct" politician having a clear vision for India. However, this was not part of any survey of honest politicians or leaders in the world. Many prominent media houses had published the statement from the White House.

The viral claim was also available on social media last year with the name of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in it. Fact checker Alt News had debunked the claim.

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Claim PM Narendra Modi ranked number one in the “list of 50 most honest politicians” released in the US. Conclusion The viral claim is misleading as we didn't find any such list released in the US so far. JHOOTH BOLE KAUVA KAATE The number of crows determines the intensity of the lie. 1 Crow: Half True

2 Crows: Mostly lies

3 Crows: Absolutely false