Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a meeting on the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, where NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, Water Resources Secretary, and senior PMO officials were also present. In the wake of the Uri attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, there have been calls to repeal the treaty.
India-Pakistan relations took a hit after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in July, and even more so after the terrorist attack on Uri base in Jammu and Kashmir by Jaish-e-Mohammed militants that killed 19 soldiers. Last week, External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Vikas Swarup had told the media that “for any such treaty to work, you need mutual trust and goodwill. I will leave it at that”.
Responding to a question from the media, Swarup had said last week that “it cannot be a one-sided affair”, adding that the government will rethink on the Treaty given the growing strain between the two countries. He also noted that the preamble of the Treaty itself said it was based on “goodwill”.
India’s assertion came amid calls that the government should scrap the water distribution pact to mount pressure on Pakistan in the aftermath of the audacious Uri terror attack.
Source>>indiandefencenews.in
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