Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it abundantly clear that the Indus Waters Treaty in its current shape is neither tolerable nor acceptable to India. This is a clear messaging to Pakistan that it needed to reform its behaviour and not to take things for granted.

In his Independence Day speech, from the ramparts of Red Fort, Prime Minister touched on several issues of critical importance to the Indian nation. Some of the points were known – Operation Sindoor. The dimensions of this Operation from May 7 to 10, 2025, have panned out far beyond the military action to punish terrorists and their patrons. It is now a phrase for India’s new normal against terrorism and all those who wanted to harm it one way or the other. It also includes neutralizing the threats that want to harm its farmers and economy.

He reiterated India’s stand on the Indus Waters Treaty, and made it clear that there would be change in the nature of the treaty and flow of waters to Pakistan.

PM Modi stated: “Bharat has now decided – blood and water will not flow together. The people of the country now fully understand how unjust and one-sided the Indus Waters Treaty has been. The waters of rivers originating from Bharat are irrigating the fields of our enemies, while the farmers and the soil remain thirsty. This was an agreement that has caused unimaginable loss to our farmers for the past seven decades. Now, the water that rightfully belongs to Bharat will be reserved solely for Bharat, solely for the farmers of Bharat. The form of the Indus Agreement that Bharat has endured for........

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