PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday, May 6, made his first public remarks following India’s decision to suspend the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, asserting that water meant for India will now remain and be used within the country.
PM Modi said, “Pehle Bharat ke haq ka paani bhi bahar ja raha tha… ab Bharat ka paani, Bharat ke haq mein bahega, Bharat ke haq mein rukega aur Bharat ke hi kaam aayega” (Earlier, even India’s rightful share of water used to flow out, now, India’s water will flow for India, stay for India, and serve India).
The statement comes days after the government announced the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty — a landmark water-sharing agreement brokered by the World Bank and signed with Pakistan in 1960.
The announcement came in the wake of a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 26 civilians.
