'Calibrated, Not A Knee-Jerk Reaction': Govt To Op Sindoor Outreach Teams On Indus Waters Treaty

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Last Updated:May 20, 2025, 23:45 IST

Officials said since the 1960s – erstwhile the Indus Waters Treaty took spot – a batch has changed portion caller challenges similar clime alteration and depleting h2o levels person emerged

In a bipartisan move, 59 Indian governmental leaders volition sojourn 32 countries to convey New Delhi’s stance connected coercion pursuing the Pahalgam onslaught and Operation Sindoor. (IMAGE: PTI)

The Indus Waters Treaty came up for circumstantial notation astatine a briefing held for the members of Indian delegations that are to sojourn assorted overseas countries to instrumentality guardant the country’s anti-terror connection against Pakistan. Sources said the members were told that putting the water-sharing pact successful abeyance successful airy of the Pahalgam panic onslaught “is not simply a knee-jerk reaction", and that it is really “a calibrated step".

The teams are marked for circumstantial sets of countries to bolster India’s diplomatic spot aft palmy strikes connected panic targets nether Operation Sindoor successful Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. They person leaders and members from some the ruling BJP-led NDA and absorption parties, underlining India’s antiauthoritarian spot arsenic well.

As multi-party delegations permission for the designated overseas capitals, their members comprising erstwhile and sitting MPs, too diplomats and ex-ambassadors, from 3 of the 7 specified delegations were briefed by officials, including Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

‘WERE ANYWAY TRYING TO REWORK THE TREATY’

India’s enactment connected the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) came up, too, successful a wider context. Officials told the delegation members that since the 1960s – erstwhile the pact took spot – a batch has changed. New challenges person emerged, including clime alteration and the depleting h2o levels, they were told.

For the past 2 years and a half, India has been keen connected reworking the pact anyway, the officials added. Trust and friendship, which formed the ground of specified a treaty, does not beryllium betwixt the countries now, the briefing explained.

Sources further told News18 that erstwhile immoderate members asked astir possibilities of a thaw successful relations successful the adjacent future, officials said it was highly unlikely, particularly since Pakistan has not adjacent acknowledged its relation successful harbouring terrorism.

DELEGATION DIPLOMACY: ‘WORLD WANTS TO HEAR INDIA’

Pakistan has sought to antagonistic India’s determination by sending a “peace delegation" of its ain to “important satellite capitals", led by the country’s erstwhile overseas curate Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. This team’s stated ngo is to “underscore our sincere efforts for bid and stableness successful the region", arsenic per the Pakistan PM’s office.

Irrespective of Pakistan’s flimsy claims, India’s assertion is wide and pointed: that each panic links, nonstop and indirect, tin beryllium traced backmost to Pakistan.

The Indian delegations were told astatine the briefing that Pakistan could nonstop delegations wherever it wanted, but the planetary assemblage “wants to perceive to India’s dependable instead, fixed our planetary representation implicit the past decennary oregon so".

When immoderate members asked astir the request for specified delegations, the authorities briefers are learnt to person told them that the volition is to archer the satellite however Pakistan has been crying foul and playing unfortunate adjacent erstwhile India has capable impervious present to amusement that Pakistan is so a violent state.

OUTREACH TO OVER 30 COUNTRIES

As portion of the wide-ranging diplomatic initiative, much than 50 Indian leaders volition question to 32 countries and to the European Union office successful Brussels. The purpose is to convey India’s presumption connected cross-border coercion and physique planetary statement successful its aftermath. It follows the panic onslaught successful Pahalgam and the consequent Indian strikes connected panic bases operating with the enactment of the Pakistani Army nether Operation Sindoor.

The delegations, arsenic per sources, are apt to besides transportation dossier connected Pakistan’s relation successful sponsoring coercion successful India with grounds to person the big countries. They said during the briefing, Misri told the teams that portion India is committed to peace, it volition not tolerate immoderate panic attacks connected its ungraded and volition deed backmost arsenic portion of its “new normal".

(With PTI inputs)

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