‘Water will not go anywhere’: Union Minister CR Patil repeated the stand on the Indus Waters Treaty of the Center; Hits in Bilawal Bhutto, Pakistan | Bharat News
New Delhi: Union Water Power Minister CR Patil on Thursday confirmed India’s difficult stance on the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), claiming that the step is in the interest of the nation and rejecting the Pakistani warning as empty threats.When asked about the current status of the treaty in the Pressure, Patil said, “This decision is from the Government of India and the Prime Minister … there is no update on the indictment of the treaty. Whatever decision will be taken, it will only benefit the nation.”
Reacting to the recent comments of former Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Patil was blunt: “Water will not go anywhere … What he says is his own question … We are not afraid of false threats.” Annie quoted him, saying, “Bilawal Bhutto said many things, but we are not afraid of his comments, ‘Hum Ghar Bhabkion to Nahi Dart’.”Patil’s comments come after Bilawal Bhutto’s sharp statements directed to India.India responded to the terrorist attack by suspending its obligations under the Indus Water Treaty, a decades-old water-sharing agreement that controls the use of six rivers in the Indus basin. The decision is part of a broad set of punitive measures taken by India against Pakistan, seeing Islamabad’s role in harassing terrorism on its land.
