Nehru Partitioned India Twice—First Through Radcliffe Line And Later Through Indus Waters Treaty: PM Modi

At the NDA Parliamentary meeting today (19 August), Prime Minister Narendra Modi sharply criticised Jawaharlal Nehru’s 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, accusing him of effectively partitioning India twice: first with the Radcliffe Line and again through the treaty that allocated 80 per cent of the river’s water to Pakistan and harmed Indian farmers, reported NDTV.

According to sources, Modi asserted, "Nehru partitioned the country once, and then again. Under the Indus Waters Treaty, 80 per cent of the water was given to Pakistan. Later, through his secretary, Nehru admitted his mistake, saying that it brought no benefit."

BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, present at the meeting, denounced Nehru’s action as a betrayal, arguing that as a democratically elected PM, he should have sought Parliament’s approval: "The country has been betrayed. If he (Jawaharlal Nehru) were the prime minister in a democratic election, he should have taken the Parliament’s approval for this.… This is a betrayal of our farmers."

On 14 August, India disavowed the recent Hague-based Court of Arbitration award under the IWT, with spokesperson Jaiswal stating that India had never recognised the court’s "legality, legitimacy, or competence," and that its pronouncements lack jurisdiction and legal standing.

Modi’s government has placed the treaty in abeyance since April’s Pahalgam terrorist attack, pending Pakistan’s credible and irrevocable refusal of support for cross-border terrorism.

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