Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a direct message to Pakistan after a nuclear threat from the country following India’s announcement of the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. In a speech delivered from the ramparts of Red Fort on the nation’s occasion of the 79th Independence Day, Mr. Modi declared that India would not accept nuclear blackmail, before then stating that India does not agree to the water treaty.
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed between India and Pakistan in 1960 to create a framework for sharing the water in the Indus River system. It was first put in abeyance in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack which claimed the lives of 26 innocents, before India was threatened with nuclear consequences if it continued with the suspension. Water and blood cannot flow together, the PM reiterated today when he stated that to share India’s water, with Pakistan would not happen.
“The Indus Water Treaty was an injustice to the people of India. The rivers of India were irrigating the enemy country while our own farmers were deprived of water. Now, the right over India’s share of water belongs only to India and its farmers. A compromise on farmers’ interests and national interests is not acceptable to us. Not anymore,” he said.
Islamabad, which opposed the decision to suspend the water treaty in favor of Bangladesh, has most recently called upon New Delhi to return to normal functions of the treaty.
But its army chief, Asim Munir, who has since assumed the title of Field Marshall and is viewed as the next de facto military ruler of Pakistan, has gone too far by threatening to eliminate any infrastructure India builds on the Indus Water channels, which could block the water flow into Pakistan. Muniar had said when addressing an event during his most recent trip to the US, Pakistan has more than enough missiles,
He even threatened to obliterate “half the world” if his country faced an existential threat in a future war with India.
The PM replied to the nuclear threat this morning, asserting that India can’t be blackmailed anymore. He topped it with a warning for Pakistan. “India will no longer tolerate nuclear blackmail. If the enemy dares to commit any more misadventure, the Indian Armed Forces will give them a befitting reply. India has decided that blood and water will not flow together,” said PM Modi.
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