India Suspends Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan
India scraps Indus Water Treaty, asks Pak nationals to leave country in 48 hours after PM Modi chairs Cabinet meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday decided to pause the Indus Water Treaty, rescind SAARC visas of Pakistan nationals, has asked those in the country to leave within 48 hours. This comes a day after the Pahalgam terror attack where militants killed at least 26 people and injured another 10. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are present, along with other officials. Modi returned to India on Wednesday after cutting short his 2-day trip to Saudi Arabia. Shah met the victims’ families in Jammu and Kashmir earlier in the day, and said that “Bharat will not bend to terror”. Separately speaking in Delhi, Defence Minister Singh assured the people of India of a “loud and clear response” to the Pahalgam terror attack, saying the government will “take every necessary step”. Singh also said the terrorists executed a “cowardly attack”, targeting a “particular religion”. The Jammu and Kashmir government has, on its part, announced Rs 10 lakh ex gratia for each deceased’s family.
Who claimed responsibility?
The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow group of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, claimed responsibility for the attack on the tourists in Baisaran, an off-road meadow in South Kashmir’s Pahalgam. In January 2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared the TRF a “terrorist organisation” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for propaganda on terror activities, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from Pakistan into the valley. TRF began as an online entity in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 and revocation of special status to J&K in August 2019.
What’s the current situation? Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold a key meeting with the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in the first half of the day, wherein India will formulate its response and defence strategy. The Jammu region has been put on high alert, and protests have broken out in several locations on Tuesday after the attack. People in Doda town held a demonstration and burnt effigies late Tuesday evening, the Kishtwar unit of Sanatan Dharam Sabha gave a call for bandh on Wednesday in protest against the attack. In Jammu city’s Gujjar Nagar area, people from the Muslim community came out in large numbers, raising slogans against Pakistan.
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