Bikaner, May 22– Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday issued a stern warning to Pakistan, declaring that it will be denied India’s rightful share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) if it continues to support cross-border terrorism.
“Pakistan will not get a drop of India’s rightful water if it keeps exporting terrorists. They will have to beg for every penny,” said Modi, speaking a day after a terror attack in Pahalgam. “Playing with the blood of Indians will cost Pakistan dearly. This is India’s firm resolve.”
India has formally suspended the IWT, which was brokered by the World Bank in 1960, following renewed violence. The treaty has long governed the sharing of the Indus river and its tributaries, allocating the eastern rivers—Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi—to India, and the western rivers—Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab—to Pakistan.
On April 24, India notified Pakistan that the treaty would be kept in abeyance with immediate effect, citing Islamabad’s continued violations and support for terrorism as a breach of the treaty’s conditions.
This marks a significant escalation in India’s diplomatic posture, with the PM underlining that no global force can deter India from protecting its sovereignty and punishing those who spill Indian blood.
