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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday praised the government for putting the Indus Waters Treaty - a key water-sharing agreement brokered in 1960 - on hold following the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people. "Pakistanis will die without water and this is the 56-inch chest," Dubey said after the government announced major diplomatic measures on the neighbouring country.
Dubey's 56-inch chest remark was in reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a metaphorical expression used by BJP leaders to portray strength, courage and decisiveness in the Modi government's leadership.
"Nehru ji, the hero of the agreement to give water to the snake, who, in order to get the Nobel Prize in 1960, shed the blood of Indians by giving them water of the Indus, Ravi, Beas, Chenab and Sutlej. Today, Modi ji has stopped food and water. Pakistanis will die without water. This is the 56-inch chest. Hookah, water, food and water will be stopped. We are BJP workers. We will kill them after torturing them," Dubey wrote in Hindi on X.
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed on September 19, 1960, by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and then-Pakistani President Ayub Khan. The agreement, brokered by the World Bank, was considered one of the world's most successful water-sharing treaties against the backdrop of political tensions between India and Pakistan.
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed on September 19, 1960, by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and then-Pakistani President Ayub Khan. The agreement, brokered by the World Bank, was considered one of the world's most successful water-sharing treaties against the backdrop of political tensions between India and Pakistan.
The Indus system includes six major rivers - Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. Under the agreement, India got exclusive rights to Ravi, Beas and Sutlej (eastern rivers) while Pakistan got control over Indus, Jhelum and Chenab (western rivers).
The treaty allowed India limited use of the western rivers for irrigation and hydroelectric projects, without affecting Pakistan's water supply.
