Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a summit held Tuesday, said that India’s water will now only flow for its benefit. His remark comes amid India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan.
Amid tensions with Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam Attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that India’s rivers will now only flow for the nation’s benefit. PM Modi indirectly mentioned the debate over the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty and said that earlier, even water which was India’s right, was flowing out of the country.
“Today, there is a lot of discussion in the media on water. First, even the water that was India’s right was flowing out of the country, but now India’s water will flow for its own benefit, it will stop for India’s benefit and will be of use only to India,” PM Modi said, at ABP’s ‘India at 2047’ Summit. (“Pehle Bharat ke haq ka paani bhi baahar ja raha tha. Par ab Bharat ka paani, Bharat ke haq mein bahega, Bharat ke haq mein rukega or bharat ke hi kaam aayega.”)
#WATCH | Delhi | Speaking at the ABP News event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, “Pehle Bharat ke haq ka paani bhi bahar ja raha tha…ab Bharat ka paani, Bharat ke haq me bahega, Bharat ke haq mai rukega aur Bharat ke hi kaam aayega…”
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The suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has been described as an “act of war” by Pakistan.