Overview

• In Tuesday's parliamentary party meeting, Modi told NDA lawmakers Nehru signed the pact without cabinet or parliamentary approval and called the agreement anti-farmer, saying 80% of the waters went to Pakistan.
• The push followed a News18 archival report indicating the treaty was signed and ratified before a brief Lok Sabha debate in 1960 that recorded cross-party objections.
• BJP president J. P. Nadda labeled the agreement a 'Himalayan blunder' and argued Modi 'corrected a historical wrong' by placing the treaty in abeyance.
• India has kept the treaty on hold since the April 22 Pahalgam attack and has formally rejected a recent Hague arbitration award, saying the tribunal lacks jurisdiction.
• Pakistan's army chief warned of destroying Indian infrastructure if flows are reduced and issued nuclear threats, heightening the security stakes as the dispute persists.