 A senior Wharton official distanced Wharton from the decision stating “Make no mistake, the move to not have Modi was a result of UPenn, not Wharton,” pointing to the fact that not a single Wharton faculty member had signed the petition demanding cancellation of Modi's speech.In Modi's support, the Shiv Sena leader Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu scrapped his visit to Wharton.Another speaker, the Wall Street Journal writer and journalist Sadanand Dhume, also pulled out from the forum in protest.