{"id":1601,"date":"2025-08-04T00:13:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T00:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/india-has-corrected-indus-treaty-mistake-pm-narendra-modi-says-blood-and-water-cant-flow-together-indus-waters-treaty-india-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T00:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T00:13:41","slug":"india-has-corrected-indus-treaty-mistake-pm-narendra-modi-says-blood-and-water-cant-flow-together-indus-waters-treaty-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/india-has-corrected-indus-treaty-mistake-pm-narendra-modi-says-blood-and-water-cant-flow-together-indus-waters-treaty-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;India Has Corrected Indus Treaty Mistake&#8217;: PM Narendra Modi Says Blood And Water Can&#8217;t Flow Together | Indus Waters Treaty | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9471733\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">July 29, 2025, 20:27 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9471733\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1106890019 asubttl-schema\">PM Narendra Modi criticised the Congress for the Indus Waters Treaty, accusing Nehru of giving 80% of India&#8217;s water to Pakistan, claiming it betrayed India&#8217;s interests.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1106890019 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PM Modi in Lok Sabha. (Sansad TV)\" title=\"PM Modi in Lok Sabha. (Sansad TV)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1106890019\"\/><\/p>\n<p>PM Modi in Lok Sabha. (Sansad TV)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on previous Congress government of mortgaging India\u2019s interests through Indus Waters Treaty.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">While speaking during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/parliament-monsoon-session-day-7-live-updates-operation-sindoor-debate-lok-sabha-rajya-sabha-live-news-today-liveblog-9469593.html\">special discussion in the Lok Sabha<\/a> on \u201cIndia\u2019s strong, successful and decisive Operation Sindoor in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam,&#8221; the Prime Minister said that the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to give 80% of India\u2019s water to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">\u201cIt has been a long-standing habit of the Congress to mortgage India\u2019s interests. The biggest example of this is the Indus Waters Treaty, signed by Pandit Nehru. Those rivers are part of India\u2019s civilisational identity, our very roots are connected to them. Pandit Nehru agreed to give 80% of India\u2019s water to Pakistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VIDEO | Prime Minister Narendra Modi (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@narendramodi<\/a>), speaking in the Lok Sabha, says, \u201cIt has been a long-standing habit of the Congress to mortgage India\u2019s interests. The biggest example of this is the Indus Waters Treaty, signed by Pandit Nehru. Those rivers are part of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7OJtiMwKCF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7OJtiMwKCF<\/a>\u2014 Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1950199449009213954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">He further said that the treaty was a big betrayal for India as the country was left with only 20% of the Indus River system.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">\u201cCan anyone explain the mindset behind such a decision? We were left with only 20% of the Indus River system. They gave 80% to a country that openly calls itself India\u2019s enemy\u2026&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">The Prime Minister further said, that the then government gave authority to World Bank to decide on Indus and its waters.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">\u201cIn 1961, Nehru accepted he hoped the Indus water treaty would pave the way for resolving other issues, but we remain stuck. Nehru understood that diplomacy which ignored the existence of the farmers entirely. Nehru agreed to Pakistan\u2019s demand that India would not clean or desilt the waste that comes into the dam built on the Indian side,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\"><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/bahut-mara-in-parliament-pm-modi-says-indias-retaliation-forced-pakistan-to-seek-ceasefire-9471599.html\">\u2018Bahut Mara\u2019: In Parliament, PM Modi Says India\u2019s Retaliation Forced Pakistan To Seek Ceasefire<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">He said that without Indus Water Treaty, western India would have had major projects, farmers would get water, drinking water issues would ease, and India could produce more electricity.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">The Prime Minister later asserted that the Indus Waters Treaty would be kept in abeyance, saying that blood and water cannot flow together. He said there was an atmosphere of insecurity before 2014, and several lives were lost due to a \u201cweak&#8221; Congress government.<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/revenge-of-april-22-in-22-minutes-pm-modi-says-india-struck-terror-camps-deep-inside-pakistan-9471534.html\"><strong>\u2018Revenge Of April 22 In 22 Minutes\u2019: PM Modi Says India Struck Terror Camps Deep Inside Pakistan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\">Following the Pahalgam terror attack in April, India\u2019s\u00a0Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) suspended the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p id=\"12\" class=\"story_para_12\">India and Pakistan signed the Indus Waters Treaty in 1960, with the World Bank as an additional signatory. The pact sought to divide the water of the Indus river and its tributaries equitably between the two countries. Under the treaty, water from three eastern rivers\u2014Beas, Ravi, and Sutlej\u2014was allocated to India, and that from the three western rivers\u2014Chenab, Indus, and Jhelum\u2014to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"13\" class=\"story_para_13\"><em>(With inputs from agencies)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"authorimg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled-design-2025-06-421898aac7df12606d3395094d8b8840.png?impolicy=website&amp;width=0&amp;height=0\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/shobhit-gupta-28018.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Shobhit Gupta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. 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