'India Has Corrected Indus Treaty Mistake': PM Modi Says Blood And Water Can't Flow Together

Last Updated:July 29, 2025, 20:04 IST

PM Modi criticized the Congress for the Indus Waters Treaty, accusing Nehru of giving 80% of India's water to Pakistan, claiming it betrayed India's interests.

PM Modi in Lok Sabha. (Sansad TV)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on previous Congress government of mortgaging India’s interests through Indus Waters Treaty.

While speaking during the special discussion in the Lok Sabha on “India’s strong, successful and decisive Operation Sindoor in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam," the Prime Minister said that the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to give 80% of India’s water to Pakistan.

“It has been a long-standing habit of the Congress to mortgage India’s interests. The biggest example of this is the Indus Waters Treaty, signed by Pandit Nehru. Those rivers are part of India’s civilisational identity, our very roots are connected to them. Pandit Nehru agreed to give 80% of India’s water to Pakistan."

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.

“Can 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’s enemy…" he added.

The Prime Minister further said, that the then government gave authority to World Bank to decide on Indus and its waters.

“In 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’s demand that India would not clean or desilt the waste that comes into the dam built on the Indian side," he added.

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.

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