NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave a strong message to Pakistan and said that till now India has kept the Indus water under abeyance, and has not taken any firm action yet, and still, Pakistan is sweating.While addressing Gandhinagar for day 2, PM Modi said he also talked about the 190 Indus Water treaty and said that for the 60 years the gates built at the bottom of these dams on other rivers in Jammu and Kashmir, meant for cleaning, were not opened.“I want to speak to the new generation. Do you know how the country was ruined? If you look closely at the 1960 Indus water treaty, you’ll be shocked. It was even decided back then that the dams built on other rivers in Jammu and Kashmir would not be cleaned. Desilting would not be done. The gates at the bottom of these dams, meant for cleaning, would not be opened. For 60 years, those gates were never opened. And the reservoirs, which should have been filled to 100% capacity, gradually lost their capacity. It reduced to just 2% or 3%,” PM Modi said.“Do my fellow countrymen not have a right to water? Shouldn’t they receive their rightful share of water? Shouldn’t they? And mind you, I haven’t even done much yet. All we’ve done is keep it under abeyance, and even that has make them sweating. We’ve opened a few dam gates and started cleaning. We are removing the waste and debris. And even that much is making them panic,” he added.
Addressing the rally, he also talked about the series of terrorist incidents that have been going on for the last 75 years. and said that the time has come for India should answer bullets with shells and bricks should be answered with stones. “The terrorists undergo military training. These militarily trained terrorists are sent to India, and innocent, unarmed people become their victims — someone traveling, someone on a bus, someone sitting in a hotel, someone visiting as a tourist. Wherever they find an opportunity, they kill and keep killing, and we kept enduring it,” PM Modi said. “You tell me — should we keep tolerating this? Shouldn’t a bullet be answered with a shell? Shouldn’t a brick be answered with a stone? No matter how strong or healthy the body is, even a single thorn can cause constant pain–and we’ve decided that the thorn must be removed,” he added.
