Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Independence Day address, warned Pakistan saying that India will no longer give in to nuclear blackmail. The PM said that this is a new India that does not compromise.
"India has decided that it will not tolerate nuclear threats anymore, we won't fall for any blackmail," PM Modi said, while addressing the nation from the Red Fort. Follow live updates on Independence Day celebrations here
Warning Pakistan, he said that India has now decided that blood and water will not flow together.
"India has now decided, blood and water will not flow together. The people have come to realize that the Indus Waters Treaty is unjust. Water from the Indus River system has been irrigating the lands of the enemy, while our own farmers have suffered. What kind of agreement is this that has caused such immense loss to our farmers for the past seven decades?" he said.
His remarks come just days after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif threatened India over the Indus Water Treaty.
{{/usCountry}}His remarks come just days after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif threatened India over the Indus Water Treaty.
{{/usCountry}}Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said India would not be allowed to snatch "even one drop" of water belonging to Pakistan, amid tensions between the two neighbours. A day after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan that included putting the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 in "abeyance".
PM Modi also said India will not differentiate between terrorists and those supporting them and that Indian armed forces will decide on punishment in case of any future misadventure from the neighbouring nation.
Hailing the armed forces on 'Operation Sindoor', Modi said it dealt a severe blow to Pakistan as new details of damages suffered by the country are emerging every day.
The prime minister once again made it clear that India will not tolerate Pakistan's nuclear blackmail.
"What the Indian armed forces have done during Operation Sindoor was not seen in many many years. We have set a new normal in dealing with cross-border terrorism, he said. I salute our brave soldiers who punished those behind the Pahalgam attack beyond their imagination," PM Modi said.