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India Today
19-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Shivraj Chouhan blames Nehru for Indus treaty: He gave 80% water, money to Pak
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday criticised late former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, blaming him for giving away India's water and money to Pakistan through the Indus Waters at a farmers' gathering in Delhi, Chouhan, a senior BJP leader, called the 1960 treaty a "historic injustice" that deprived Indian farmers and emboldened a terror-sponsoring neighbour."When the Indus Water Treaty was signed, Nehru gave 80 per cent of the water to Pakistan. Not just that, he also handed over Rs 83 crore to build canals, an amount that today would be worth Rs 5,500 crore. Our water, our money, and in return we got terrorism," the minister his address, Chouhan claimed that India's water experts had opposed the treaty, but Nehru insisted on it. "Even Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said in Parliament that this treaty should never have happened. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now ended this historic injustice. We commend him for this decisive step," the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister called the scrapping of the treaty a turning point, asserting that the water earlier sent to Pakistan would now benefit Indian farmers. "We were starving our own farmers to feed a country that sponsors terrorism. That ends now," he by the World Bank, the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty divided the use of the Indus river system between India and Pakistan. Following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, India suspended the treaty, saying it would stay scrapped until Pakistan "credibly and irrevocably" ends cross-border to Operation Sindoor, Chouhan also praised the Indian armed forces for their swift response to recent provocations by Pakistan."Pakistan thought it could intimidate India with Turkish and Chinese drones and missile strikes. But I am proud of the bravery of our armed forces. They took down enemy drones and missiles like toys. Now, our children are playing with their debris. Within just three days, the enemy was brought to its knees," he Reel IN THIS STORY#Shivraj Singh Chouhan#Pakistan
India Today
30-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
First brick of Babri mosque in Ayodhya will be laid by Pak soldiers: Senator
In another provocative statement by a Pakistani senator, Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan declared that the "first brick of the new Babri mosque" in Ayodhya would be laid by Pakistani soldiers. A video of Palwasha's inflammatory speech in Pakistan's Upper House has gone viral amid tensions between the two countries over the Pahalgam terror attack."The first brick of the new Babri mosque in Ayodhya will be laid by Pakistan Army soldiers, and the first azaan will be given by Army Chief Asim Munir himself," Palwasha said on Tuesday. She further added, "We are not wearing bangles."advertisementPalwasha also emphasised that Sikh soldiers won't attack Pakistan in case of a conflict with India. "If they are threatening Pakistan, then let them know that the Sikh army will not attack Pakistan because it's the land of Guru Nanak for them," she said, referring to the religious significance of the country for Sikhs. WATCH: This is not the first time that Pakistani leaders have made provocative remarks against India. Recently, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari made a provocative statement after India suspended the Indus Waters at a public rally, the former Pakistani Foreign Minister warned India against diverting Indus waters, claiming that Pakistan was the true guardian of the Indus accused India of unilaterally scrapping the agreement and issued a stark threat, "The Indus is ours and will remain ours. Either our water will flow through it, or their (Indians) blood will."advertisementAlso, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday took to X and said that Pakistan prefers peace, but their pacifism should not be mistaken for weakness."Pakistan has every capability to give a befitting reply to any Indian aggression, as the PTI government, fully supported by a united nation, did in 2019," he added.
India Today
25-04-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Where will we store the water? Owaisi on India suspending Indus treaty with Pak
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has called for strong and decisive action against Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, and backed the government's move to suspend the Indus Waters to reporters after attending the all-party meeting convened by the Centre in New Delhi, Owaisi welcomed the decisions taken by the Cabinet Committee on Security and said the government should not hesitate to act against the country that shelters terrorist to the government's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, Owaisi welcomed the bold move, but asked where the government would store the water. "It is very good that the Indus Water Treaty has been suspended, but where will we keep the water? We will support whatever decision the central government takes. This is not a political issue," Owaisi added that international law gave India the right to respond strongly to the Pahalgam attack. "The central government can take action against the nation that shelters terrorist groups. The international law also permits us to do an air and naval blockade in self-defence against Pakistan and impose sanctions on arms sales to them," he also raised questions about the delay in the security response during the attack in Baisaran meadow. "Why was the CRPF not deployed at the Baisaran meadow? Why did the quick reaction team take one hour to reach there? They shot people by asking their religion," he said, reiterating that the killings were targeted and deeply per sources, the government, during the all-party meeting, admitted to security lapses in the terror attack. "If nothing had gone wrong, why would we be sitting here? There have been lapses somewhere that we have to find out," a leader from the ruling dispensation reportedly told the Opposition leaders during the also appealed to stop "false propaganda" against Kashmiris and students from the Valley, even as he strongly condemned the terrorists. "I condemn the way the terrorists killed people by asking about their religion," he reacting to the massacre, Owaisi had described the Pahalgam attack as more dangerous and painful than the terror strikes in Uri and to reporters in Hyderabad, he had called the attack a major intelligence failure and said the government must reevaluate its deterrence strategy. "This is also an intelligence failure. We hope the government teaches these terrorists a lesson and ensures justice for the victims' families," he had all-party meeting was attended by top leaders including Union Ministers JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju, and S. Jaishankar, as well as Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi. The meeting ended with a consensus on standing united in the fight against April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam left 26 people dead. The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the assault, which targeted tourists at the Baisaran meadows in the heart of peak tourist InMust Watch
