• By Ajeet Kumar
  • Mon, 12 May 2025 08:46 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a stern message to Pakistan regarding the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), on Monday, said, "Blood and water cannot flow together." This implies that the agreement would remain suspended unless Islamabad takes concrete action against terror networks. Prime Minister Modi's statement, during an address to the country on Operation Sindoor, may also be seen as a response to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who had earlier warned that "blood would flow in rivers if water is stopped."

Paani aur khoon bhi ek sath nahi bah sakte: PM Modi

Dariya me khoon bahega ya pani: Bhutto

Earlier last month, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari threatened that blood would flow in rivers if water is stopped, in a sharp response to India's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) after the Pahalgam terror attack. "The Indus is ours and will remain ours - either our water will flow through it, or their blood," the former foreign minister said while addressing a public rally in the Sukkur area of his home province.

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The Indus flows through the province, and the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-Daro flourished on its banks. And Bilawal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed India is heir to a civilisation thousands of years old, "But that civilisation lies in Mohenjo-daro, in Larkana. We are its true custodians, and we will defend it."

Pakistan will not tolerate India's action: Bhutto

Bilawal said that PM Modi cannot sever the aeons-old bond between the people of Sindh and the Indus, adding that "the Indian government has cast its eyes on Pakistan's water, and the situation demands unity among all four provinces to defend and protect their water." He said that neither the people of Pakistan nor the international community would tolerate PM Modi's "warmongering" or any attempts to divert the Indus waters away from Pakistan.

"We will send a message to the world that robbery on the Sindhu won't be accepted." The PPP chairman urged his supporters to prepare for a resolute struggle to defend their river from Indian aggression. Bilawal, who has also served as Pakistan's youngest foreign minister, said the country and its people condemned the recent terrorist attack in India because Pakistanis themselves remain victims of terrorism.

Pakistan terror attack on India

India downgraded diplomatic ties with Islamabad. That call was taken by India after the attack on Tuesday in Pahalgam that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack. Later on May 7, New Delhi launched Operation Sindoor in order to take revenge for the terror attack in the Kashmir valley.

(With inputs from agency)

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