PM Modi
NEW DELHI: PM Modi rejected Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan as ‘unjust and one-sided’, reiterating India’s position that “blood and water cannot flow together” and asserting that India will “no longer tolerate nuclear blackmail”. In his I-Day speech Friday, the PM lauded Operation Sindoor and the role played by armed forces, while outlining India’s “new normal” that, he said, will “not differentiate between terrorism and those who nurture terrorism”.Modi declared from Red Fort that IWT is not acceptable to India as the country’s farmers suffered unimaginable losses because of the treaty, backed by World Bank. “The waters that belong to India will be used by India, for our farmers alone. We would no longer tolerate an arrangement that deprived its farmers. India has endured this for decades. We will not endure it any further. In the interest of our farmers and the nation, this agreement is unacceptable to us,” PM said.He said Operation Sindoor, which saw India bombing terrorist headquarters in Pakistan and POK, reflected the anger and frustration that people felt after Pahalgam terror attack. “Terror headquarters hundreds of kilometres inside enemy territory were destroyed. Terrorist infrastructure was turned to rubble. Pakistan is still having sleepless nights. There was so much destruction there that even now there are new revelations coming out,” said Modi, alluding to the disclosure by IAF last week that six Pakistani aircraft were brought down in the military conflict in May. “For a long time, nuclear blackmail had been going on but this will not be tolerated anymore,” the PM said. Modi stressed that India will continue to give a befitting reply to enemies of the nation. PM said the country saw the wonders of ‘Made in India’ in Op Sindoor. “The enemy was shocked at the kind of ammunition that was destroying them within seconds.” “In past 10 years, we set our target to become self-reliant in defence sector, and today we are seeing the results,” Modi said.
