"Every drop of India's share of water will stay in India": Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat on Indus water treaty in abeyance

New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday said that the interests of India will not be "toyed" with regards to the Indus water treaty, adding that every drop of India's share will stay within the country.
Speaking to ANI, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said, "PM said this earlier as well that blood and water won't flow together. In his address to the nation the day before yesterday, he said that blood and water won't flow together...Despite the 1965 war, the 1971 war and the Kargil war, India honoured the treaty. But now, the message is clear - now India won't compromise over this. Now, India's interests won't be toyed with."
"The Indus Water Treaty has been suspended. We have stopped data sharing with them. Every drop of India's share of water will stay in India. Government is committed to this," he added.
India has decided to keep the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance amid tensions with Pakistan.
Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's yesterday speech, which he delivered at Adampur airbase, Shekhawat said that those working to harm the national interests of India will not dare do so going forward.
"The policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and the policy of nation first are parts of PM Modi's work culture, the entire country and world know this. Those who cast an evil eye on India and any activity against India, be it from the soil of India or operated from somewhere outside India, ye naya Bharat ghar mein ghus kar maarega. It won't tolerate this," Shekhawat added.
Calling Prime Minister Modi's remarks, "strongest reply" by India in decades, Union Minister said, "I believe that the manner in which action has been taken against terrorists and the message that India has sent across, those who are working against India will not dare to do so even in their dreams."
India's precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure came in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. The government had said that the perpetrators would face severe punishment, and over 100 terrorists were killed in Operation Sindoor.
Indian Armed Forces effectively repelled Pakistan's subsequent military aggression and pounded several airbases in Pakistan. The two countries have now reached an understanding to stop firing and military action after the Pakistan DGMO reached out to his Indian counterpart. (ANI)